UID:
kobvindex_ZLB15922099
Format:
2 DVD-Video (116 Min. + Bonus)
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Dolby Digital ; Monaural
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1.33:1 Aspect Ratio ; NTSC
ISBN:
9781604659115
Series Statement:
The Criterion collection : [DVD-Video] 111
Content:
Jaques Tati's multi-award-winning third feature, Mon Oncle - a satirical assault on the twin targets of efficiency and the modern world - confirmed his reputation as the foremost comic artist of his day. Tati's second outing as the accident-prone M. Hulot takes him to Paris where the aggressively high-tech lifestyle of his relatives, the Arpels, is contrasted with his old-fashioned ways in a scruffy part of town. Young Gerard Arpel is very fond of his gauche uncle and the children in his neighbourhood but his disapproving parents resolve to get Hulot a job or a wife. The disastrous outcome is a masterpiece of design and symmetry and of technically brilliant gags. The heart-warming ending is true to Tati's vision of the modern world as a confusing place that is ultimately fulll of charm and humanity. (BFI)
Note:
Ländercode: 1
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Orig.: Frankreich, 1958
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New 2K digital restoration
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My uncle, director Jacques Tati's 1958 reedited, English-language version of the film. Once upon a time... "Mon oncle", an hour-long documentary from 2008 on the making of the film. Everything is beautiful, a three-part program from 2005 on the film's fashion, architecture, and furniture design. Everything's connected, a 2013 visual essay by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet comparing Mon oncle to the other Monsieur Hulot films. "Le hasard de Jacques Tati", a 1977 French television episode featuring an interview with Tati about his dog, Hasard, and the canine stars of Mon oncle
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Engl. Untertitel
Language:
French
Author information:
Tati, Jacques