Jacques Tati - Play Time [1967] - The Waiting Room

[@JaredGriffiths2000]

What I love about the M. Hulot character is that he is very fascinated by the world around him and this is a great scene that shows that off. I also love all the sound effects in Tati's films.

[@1derfullBeast]

M.Hulot is not really fascinated, more sceptical against the modern world...like Jacques Tati himself was...thats why he made his movies:-)

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

This movie was made in 1967 and it's amazing how the camera looks cleaner without those grainy effects on screen. It feels really modern and aged very well compared to other movies nowadays.

[@AaronTechnic]

I agree.

[@ripred42]

It doesn't feel modern it feels like its from another planet.

[@experi-mentalproductions5358]

Thats because it was shot on 70mm film. Which is equivalent to modern 4K.

[@alvarohigino]

@@experi-mentalproductions5358 No, 70 mm is equivalent to 8K, 35 mm is 4K.

[@abhiruproy8592]

@@alvarohigino 70mm is 12K 35mm is 5K or even more

[@LoreleiMathias]

I love the way he nods at 1.32, it's perfection.

[@jaizernadal]

This looks more modern than films now

[@paulbrodwin8364]

I agree. In my opinion, it's because the film is about modernism, and in many ways we are still living in that era. In the 1960s, the emergence of "modernism" in architecture and furnishings led to waiting rooms like this one all over the world, but especially in Western Europe and North America. This sort of bland and impersonal space -- uniquely disinviting and uncomfortable -- is now so ubiquitous that we don't even notice it. Playtime, however, is full of moments when the main character encounters them as though for the first time. That's why, I think, the film still grabs our attention.

[@rocker66655]

A true masterpiece by the master himself.

[@lostpilgrimmedia_explorer]

My father who passed away last year aged 96 was a great fan.

[@misterwibble6411]

Amazing to think again that everything you see here is a set, even the street with the cars going past in the background and all the background buildings. No wonder it more or less financially ruined Tati

[@manoelsouza4880]

Amazing sound effects and edition!!

[@1derfullBeast]

Editing*

[@manoelsouza4880]

@@1derfullBeast sorry, my mistake. I used the french word. My native language is the portuguese.

[@1derfullBeast]

@@manoelsouza4880 thanks for your kind and informatic answer:-) Best regards!

[@darkewolfrayet]

Something we don't see anymore, people inspecting objects while waiting until they are called.

[@charlieroux1739]

Un génie de l'art moderne !

[@jean-lucgrosse2048]

Un véritable bijou.,entre autre ...ce passage est génial

[@jayeye4798]

Tati knew "social distancing" was in our future.

[@davidmayhew8083]

This is partly a spoof on modernist formal values. Also a gentle satire on the aesthetic minimalism or streamlined sensibility of the 60s. It's as if Tati were an alien seeing our "modern" world for the first time. I like his "utopian" society. I love the simplicity and all the grey.

[@1derfullBeast]

Yes,i t was Jacques Tati aim from beginning on his moviemaking, to show the sceptical aspects towards the modern achivements...I agree with you about the fascinstion of this clean ,utopia world and the grwy...although at the same time I like the opposite very much- and in my opinion, we need both for our mental health! :-)

[@antoinemozart243]

Atkinson was influenced by tati. In this scene Tati shows how mass produced objects are in fact made for robots, not humans.

[@EvertvanIngen]

3:00 Hulot's like: What in god's name is he doing?

[@nicholasprakash3411]

It's so funny that he has to do everything so precise.

[@1derfullBeast]

@@nicholasprakash3411 its so funny because he wants to show off with his actions..he is very proud of himself :-D

[@anibalgomesfilho2173]

Simplesmente fantástico. Certamente MR BEAN deve ter se inspirado em Jacques Tati, porém, a título de justiça é bom que se diga, Tati é IMENSAMENTE MELHOR!

[@Stroheim333]

Absolutely nothing happen. And it is very funny!

[@kpunkt.klaviermusik]

When architecture has lost the last bit of humanity. This was satire in Tati's time. Nowadays architects are building exact this sort of monstrosity.

[@Mongo61]

Check out Hulot's socks.

[@1derfullBeast]

Check out the whole wardrobe: the tiny hat, the short raincoat, the short trousers ( unfortunatly a very common fashion for men during the last years;-)..

[@laylover7621]

This is what movies will be in 2122

[@paulj8119]

Bonsoir aux étudiants de LISAA

[@Erenjeager05527]

Who are the people on the wall? Are they famous or just random people? Asking as a non-French

[@jnwang888]

building by mies?

[@Beethoven80]

Reminds me of 860-880 Lake Shore Drive

[@catherinemalian9558]

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[@1derfullBeast]

You made the point trolly ;-D

[@angeloalbertoUrso2859]

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