New Arrival PlayTime (Blu-Ray, #112)

Jacques Tatis gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis withPlayTime.For this monumental achievement, a nearly three-year-long, bank-breaking production, Tati again thrust the lovably old-fashioned Monsieur Hulot, along with a host of other lost souls, into a baffling modern world, this time Paris. With every inch of its superwide frame crammed with hilarity and inventiveness,PlayTimeis a lasting record of a modern era tiptoeing on the edge of oblivion.

• 4K digital restoration, with 3.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• Introduction by actor and comedian Terry Jones
• Three selected-scene commentaries, by film historian Philip Kemp, theater director Jrme Deschamps, and Jacques Tati expert Stphane Goudet
• Like Home,a visual essay by Goudet
• Tativille, a 1967 television program featuring an interview with Tati from the set ofPlayTime
• Beyond PlayTime,a short documentary featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the production
• Interview with script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot
• Audio interview with Tati from the U.S. debut ofPlayTimeat the 1972 San Francisco International Film Festival
• Tati Story,a short film by Goudet on the life and career of Tati
• Monsieur Hulots Work, a 1976 television program about Tatis beloved character
• Cours du soir(1967), a short film written by and starring Tati
• Alternate English-language soundtrack
• PLUS: An essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum

  Cover based on an original poster by Ren Ferracci