The Complete Jacques Tati

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*** Résumé en anglais seulement *** Though he made only a handful of films, director, writer, and actor Jacques Tati ranks among the most beloved of all cinematic geniuses. With a background in music hall and mime performance, Tati steadily built an ever more ambitious movie career that ultimately raised sight-gag comedy to the level of high art. In the surrogate character of the sweet and bumbling, eternally umbrella-toting and pipe-smoking Monsieur Hulot, Tati invented a charming symbol of humanity lost in a constantly modernizing modern age. This set gathers his six hilarious features—Jour de fête, Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday, Mon oncle, PlayTime, Trafic, and Parade—along with seven delightful Tati-related short films. New digital restorations of all six feature films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-rays of Jour de fête, Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday, Mon oncle, Trafic, and Parade and uncompressed stereo soundtrack on the Blu-ray of PlayTime. New digital restorations of all seven short films. Two alternate versions of Jour de Fête, a partly colorized 1964 version and the full-color 1994 rerelease version. • Original 1953 theatrical release version of Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday • My Uncle, the version of Mon Oncle that director Jacques Tati created for English-language audiences • Archival interviews with Tati • In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot, a 1989 documentary about Tati’s beloved alter ego • Much more!