Jacques Tati: Comedy as Choreography
Jacques Tati: Comedy as Choreography
October 25–November 30, 2019
Revel in the modernist comedy of Jacques Tati—both his slapstick exploits as Monsieur Hulot and his astonishing talent behind the camera.
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My Uncle
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Jacques Tati
France, Italy, 1967Friday, October 25 7 PMView DetailsTati’s vision of sixties Paris is “perhaps the most madly modernistic work of anti-modernism in the history of cinema” (New Yorker). Jonathan Rosenbaum called it one of the ten greatest films of all time.
M. Hulot's Holiday
Jacques Tati
France, 1953Recommended for ages 9 & up
Sunday, October 27 2 PMView DetailsThis cinematic postcard from a seaside summer resort is “the most important comic work in world cinema since the Marx Brothers and W. C. Fields . . . an event in the history of sound film” (André Bazin).
Jour de fête
Jacques Tati
France, 1949Original B&W Version
Saturday, November 2 3:30 PMView DetailsTati’s first feature is a charming portrait of a rural village, where the bumbling local postman is inspired to American-style efficiency by a newsreel in a traveling fair. “Everyone loves Jour de fête” (New Yorker).
My Uncle
Jacques Tati
France, Italy, 1958English Version
Recommended for ages 10 & upSaturday, November 16 3 PMView DetailsThe wonders of an ultramodern house come in for classic Tati mockery. “Slapstick heaven” (New Yorker).
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Jacques Tati
France, Italy, 1971Sunday, November 24 4:30 PMView DetailsA comic-apocalyptic vision of mechanized modernity in which humankind indulges in a perpetual love-hate relationship with its favorite pet, the automobile.
M. Hulot's Holiday
Jacques Tati
France, 1953Recommended for ages 9 & up
Friday, November 29 1:30 PMView DetailsThis cinematic postcard from a seaside summer resort is “the most important comic work in world cinema since the Marx Brothers and W. C. Fields . . . an event in the history of sound film” (André Bazin).
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Jacques Tati
France, Italy, 1967Saturday, November 30 4 PMView DetailsTati’s vision of sixties Paris is “perhaps the most madly modernistic work of anti-modernism in the history of cinema” (New Yorker). Jonathan Rosenbaum called it one of the ten greatest films of all time.