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Villa Arpel. Mon Oncle, Dir. Jacques Tati (1958)

Trafic-Original Vintage Movie Poster for Jacques Tati's Comic Masterpiece with Mr Hulot Gasing Up the Gridlock Hijinx on route to Amsterdam #trafic #jacquestati #playtime #mrhulotsholiday #vintagecinemaart #movieposter #wallart https://etsy.me/3TmG4I9 https://www.instagram.com/p/CpoSkcgMWAZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I finally got round to watching Jacques Tati’s Playtime the other night, a movie that has been on my must-watch list for far too long. What an extraordinary masterpiece it is. Unlike any film I’ve seen before – a perplexing mix of satire, absurdism, slapstick, social commentary and dystopian futurology with barely a nod to anything resembling a conventional narrative structure. The film has a fascinating backstory – well documented online – including the construction of vast and ruinously expensive sets (Tativille) that effectively made Tati bankrupt. Although critically lauded, Playtime was just too strange to become a mainstream box-office hit. It did, however, have a big influence on later film-makers such as Wes Anderson, David Lynch and (very obviously) Swedish director Roy Andersson. The Pythons were also keen Tati fans. I would love to see this film again on the big screen sometime. There must be so much detail in the packed frames that is simply lost when watching on a TV. If you have a taste for the offbeat and surreal and have never seen it before, do seek it out. It’s a joy. . #jacquestati #playtime #monsieurhulot #pendrawing #sketch #pensketch #sketchbook #artistsoninstagram (at Brighton) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnzc2ReoavT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

1982 - Jacques Tati Créer, transformer, recycler, se souvenir, oublier, recommencer... #memory #conceptualart #jacquestati #art https://www.instagram.com/p/CkkyjUPNqlV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Jacques Tati dans "Les Vacances de monsieur Hulot", 1953 #jacquestati #portrait #portraitphotography #portraitmood #portrait_vision #portraiture #photo #blackandwhite #blackanwhitephotography #bw #bnw #bnwphotography #bnwmood #bnw_greatshots #bwphotography #bnwcaptures #fun #funny #cinema #movie #movies #pipe #pipesmoker #pipesmoking #shadow #profile #hat #holidays https://www.instagram.com/p/CVDr1w1M52f/?utm_medium=tumblr