Presented here is the restored colour version of the original film. My uncle is a 1958 comedy film by french filmmaker jacques tati. The comic genius jacques tati was born taticheff, descended from a noble russian family. This film is a stuntshow, covered as the modern deliverytechniques of the uspost. With holiday, tati reinvented the visual comedy of the silent era in a style not dissimilar to that of max. Jacques tatis mon oncle 1958 original french video. Shot largely in and around sainteseveresurindre, where tati had lived during the occupation, most of the actors were unknown and villagers served as extras. In a small french town, the local postman, scatterbrained and bumbling francois jacques tati, spends his working hours casually delivering the mail, while being the subject of the townsfolks teasing.
The film is actually a longer version of an earlier tati film, lecole des facteurs and is notable for a number of reasons. En effet tourne avec le procede experimental thomsoncolor, aucun tirage na pu etre obtenu. An engem klenge franseischen duerf riichten dkirmesleit hir buden an e karussell op. The first of tati s films to be released in colour, mon oncle won the academy award for best foreign language film, a special prize at the 1958 cannes film festival, and the new york film critics circle award for best foreign language film, receiving more honors than any of tati s. What impresses most in a film by jacques tati is the intricate communal patchwork conceived by this peerless visionary. Jacques tati was of russian, dutch, and italian ancestry. Even in this early work, tati was brilliantly toying with the devices silent visual gags, minimal yet deftly deployed sound effects and exploring the theme the absurdity of our. The complete jacques tati though he made only a handful of films, director, writer, and actor jacques tati ranks among the most beloved of all cinematic geniuses. With jacques tati, guy decomble, paul frankeur, santa relli. What impresses most in a film by jacques tati is the intricate. Throughout his long career, he worked as a comic actor, writer, and director.
In his enchanting debut feature, jacques tati stars as a fussbudget of a postman who. Here, we have jacques tatis first feature film intended to be the first french colour feature, although it didnt quite work out like this and several extras. The cast and crew of mon oncle watch jacques tati as m. Ce film devait etre a lorigine le 1er long metrage couleur francais. Influenced by too much wine and a newsreel account of rapid transportation methods used by the united states postal system, he goes to hilarious lengths. With a background in music hall and mime performance, tati steadily built an evermoreambitious movie career that ultimately raised sightgag comedy to the level of high art. The camera work is excellent so is the cinematography. Primarily, the film established tati as one of the great comic legends of french cinema his films being. All inhabitants are scoffing at francois, the postman, what he seems not to recognize. Shot largely in and around sainteseveresurindre, where tati had lived during the occupation, most of the actors were unknown and villagers served as. Years later, his daughter sophie tatischeff found the color negatives, and in 1994, it. Even in this early work, tati was brilliantly toying with the devices silent visual gags, minimal yet deftly deployed sound effects and exploring the theme. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The story doesnt even need dialog to make you belly laugh, over and over.
Often leaves hints about the theme of his next feature film. However, a restored color edit was finally released in 1995. Jacques tati has quickly become a director of interest after my watch of playtime, and his short film, school for postmen, was a very fun and comedic first venture into film. The complete jacques tati the criterion collection.
For a better experience on mubi, update your browser. His father, george emmanuel tatischeff, born in 1875 in paris d. In the movie, its carnival day, as a traveling fair not much more than a merrygoround and a movie projection booth has arrived in the sleepy village. After a career in french music halls and appearances. Expanded from his marvellous short film ecole des facteurs, made two years earlier, the majority of the film is a beautifully observed comedy about the foibles of. Their house is an ultramodern nightmare, which hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew alain becourt. Francois le facteur, impressionne par ce film, decide. In his enchanting debut feature, jacques tati stars as a fussbudget of a postman who is thrown for a loop when a traveling fair comes to his village. This falls slightly short of the perfection and class of tatis later. Heureusement il etait double par une camera noire et blanc. Jacques tati, guy decomble, paul frankeur, santa relli en maine vallee.
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