Thursday, February 3, 2022, 7:30 p.m., Dryden Theatre
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Playtime (1967). Photofest.
DUE TO POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS TONIGHT'S FILM, PLAYTIME HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
(Jacques Tati, France 1967, 155 min., DCP)
Tati’s beloved Monsieur Hulot finds himself in a futuristic funhouse of modern architecture and traffic jams as his once familiar Paris progresses uncontrollably. Hulot adapts to his new surroundings like a fish out of water, which, of course sets the stage for his charming and irresistible clumsiness. Often referenced for his accomplishments in achieving astonishing visual complexity and multiplicity, Tati also knew how to manipulate the soundtrack to achieve the aural equivalent of slipping on a banana peel.