PLAYTIME

Jacques Tati''''s gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis with PlayTime. 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, PlayTime is a lasting record of a modern era tiptoeing on the edge of oblivion. TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 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 Jerome Deschamps, and Jacques Tati expert Stephane Goudet Like Home, a visual essay by Goudet 'Tativille," a 1967 television program featuring an interview with Tati from the set of PlayTime 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 of PlayTime at the 1972 San Francisco International Film Festival Tati Story, a short film by Goudet on the life and career of Tati 'Monsieur Hulot''''s Work," a 1976 television program about Tati''''s 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