Playtime

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Monsieur Hulot se promène avec un regard curieux dans un Paris ultramoderne, en parallèle d'un groupe de touristes américaines. Pendant ce temps, un restaurant night-club encore en travaux s... Tout lireMonsieur Hulot se promène avec un regard curieux dans un Paris ultramoderne, en parallèle d'un groupe de touristes américaines. Pendant ce temps, un restaurant night-club encore en travaux se prépare à être inauguré.Monsieur Hulot se promène avec un regard curieux dans un Paris ultramoderne, en parallèle d'un groupe de touristes américaines. Pendant ce temps, un restaurant night-club encore en travaux se prépare à être inauguré.

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Récompenses
- 2 victoires et 1 nomination au total

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- Jacques Tati
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Peace in our time: the past and the future embrace

Where 'Mon oncle' was Tati's initial statement on the modern and its collision with the old, here in 'Playtime' he reaches his conclusion. They can unite - there is beauty in the new, as well. Yes, what is new and alienating now, will soon be the old familiar tradition. Everything changes, but the spirit of things remain.

This he manages to show in a series of beautiful scenes, brilliant observations, in a Paris which has been rebuilt to the extent, where the old Frenchman doesn't find his way around it, anymore, and the Eiffel tower can only be found in reflections on shiny glass or steel surfaces of modern buildings.

This is a film language all of its own, and driven to a razor sharp perfection. Through Tati's eyes, we can see exactly what he both worries about and marvels at, and of course we feel the same. The love he does in all his movies show for people, no matter how silly they might be, he also shows the city itself, and its megalomaniac constructions. It's all crazy, he tells us, but isn't it great fun, too? Yes, Jacques, it is, indeed.

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Anecdotes
The elaborate set of Tativille had its own roads, electrical systems and - in one of the office buildings - a fully working elevator.

Gaffes
The escalator handrails aren't moving in the airport scene. The actors skim their hands along pretending it's moving, when you can see by reflections of its surface that it is indeed not.

Citations
Barbara, Young Tourist: How do you say "drugstore" in French?
Monsieur Hulot: Drugstore.

Crédits fous
The title isn't shown until the end of the opening credits. Additionally, there are no end credits. The final shot simply fades out and there is about a minute of exit music.

Versions alternatives
The first cut of the film ran 155 minutes with intermission and exit music. This version, which ran for six months, was edited down by Tati himself to 135 minutes based on audience reactions. It was released on 70 mm with 6-Track sound. In the US the film was released with a running time of 93 min. and 1-Track mono sound. Other versions ran between 108-120 min. and were released on 35 mm with 4-Track Stereo sound (quadraphonic). When the film was re-released in France of 1978, cinemas refused to screen the film if it was over two hours long so Tati edited it down to 119 minutes. In 2002 the film was restored a length of 124 minutes based on two surviving copies of the 135 minute cut. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002 and is the version that is widely available since.