Five years after his first appearance, Jacques Tati's M. Hulot returns with Mon Oncle, a film set along the dividing line between Paris' past and its future. Aligned (as is the film) with the former, Hulot lives in a colorful, overpopulated Parisian neighborhood and, lacking employment, spends his days waiting to pick up his adoring nephew from school, and subsequently escorting him to his parents' ultra-modern house. Filled with gadgets, some turned on only to impress the neighbors, the house seems designed specifically to ...
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Five years after his first appearance, Jacques Tati's M. Hulot returns with Mon Oncle, a film set along the dividing line between Paris' past and its future. Aligned (as is the film) with the former, Hulot lives in a colorful, overpopulated Parisian neighborhood and, lacking employment, spends his days waiting to pick up his adoring nephew from school, and subsequently escorting him to his parents' ultra-modern house. Filled with gadgets, some turned on only to impress the neighbors, the house seems designed specifically to frustrate Hulot, who unwittingly disrupts its operations at every opportunity. Concerned about his future, Hulot's relatives attempt to find him gainful employment and pair him off with a neighbor, with little success on either front. The nearly dialogue-free film is less concerned with the family's attempts as they relate to an overall plot, and more interested in how they play into its overall scheme of contrasts and allow for Tati's unmistakable sight-and-sound gag set pieces. Keith Phipps, Rovi
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Jean-Pierre Zola, Jacques Tati. Good. 1958 Run time: 116. Case is scratched but disc is in perfect condition. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed!
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Jacques Tati (Actor), Jacques Tati (Director) VHS TAPE! ! -VERY GOOD! ! TAPE IS EXCELLENT-BOX IS VERY GOOD! ! -FROM SELLER WITH OVER A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE SELLING ON-LINE.
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Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Alain Becourt, Adrienne Servantie, Lucien Frégis. Very good in very good packaging. Language: French. Run time: 110 mins. Aspect ratio: 1.33: 1. Originally released: 1958. In like new condition
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