I mean sure it’s pretty much just an extended version of school for postmen but it’s still awesome

I mean sure it’s pretty much just an extended version of school for postmen but it’s still awesome

First Tati film I’ve ever seen and it had me smiling from start to finish. Charming throughout with a wonderful light heart and slapstick sensibility that never strays into Three Stooges territory. Tati is wonderful as the harried and foolhardy postman and the director also populated the town in which the visiting fair takes place with a cast of lively characters whose squabbles and lives simply jump off the screen. A wonderful film!

First Tati film I’ve ever seen and it had me smiling from start to finish. Charming throughout with a wonderful light heart and slapstick sensibility that never strays into Three Stooges territory. Tati is wonderful as the harried and foolhardy postman and the director also populated the town in which the visiting fair takes place with a cast of lively characters whose squabbles and lives simply jump off the screen. A wonderful film!

it's like an extension of his previous postman short but the slapstick failed to stick with me for this one

it's like an extension of his previous postman short but the slapstick failed to stick with me for this one

And now, I have seen all the (important) Jacques Tati films! Easily a top 5 filmmaker for me. He has such a unique approach to filmmaking it’s genuinely unlike anything I’ve seen before. The closest thing I can think of is like a Wes Anderson, but even he doesn’t have the same control as Tati does in PlayTime. 

In comparison to the highs reached in PlayTime and Mon Oncle, Jour de Fête feels very quaint. The seeds are there that become Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday and that’s all the film had to do, kickstart Tati.

Idk if I should bother with Parade. It’s not available anywhere.

And now, I have seen all the (important) Jacques Tati films! Easily a top 5 filmmaker for me. He has such a unique approach to filmmaking it’s genuinely unlike anything I’ve seen before. The closest thing I can think of is like a Wes Anderson, but even he doesn’t have the same control as Tati does in PlayTime. 

In comparison to the highs reached in PlayTime and Mon Oncle, Jour de Fête feels very quaint. The seeds are there that become Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday and that’s all the film had to do, kickstart Tati.

Idk if I should bother with Parade. It’s not available anywhere.

The Final Destination of Slapstick Comedy

The Final Destination of Slapstick Comedy