Jacques Tati -- Why He Was a Great Moviemaker

[@dominichemphill]

I adore Tati, he’s quite possibly my favourite movie maker ever!

[@LearningaboutMovies]

a worthy choice.

[@patrickhenriksson9440]

I really like Tati and his take on civilization through his movies. They make you laugh at our selves, but at the same time question where we're heading.

[@dennisp.9085]

My introduction to Tati was through Mon Oncle in the 60's as a teenager, when I clicked through the channels on our B&W tv one dull Sunday afternoon. I had no idea what I was watching and was confused because of the lack of conventional dialogue. But I couldn't stop watching. For a decade or more, the film haunted and intrigued me. What was it I had seen? Was it a hallucination? It was like nothing I had seen before or after. Then a friend told me about M. Hulot's Holiday and I made the connection. I had to see all his films, though it took many years, as Tati's films were not readily available in the U.S. Thank you for this excellent retrospective.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

excellent! thank you.

[@chrishelbling3879]

Me too. What a wonderful ending! The son reconciled with the father, and they drive out of the parking lot "wrong way" against the arrow painted on the asphalt.

[@HektorBandimar]

For me, my two favourite Tati films were Ms Hulot's holiday and Mon Oncle, they capture a time now lost, an innocence long gone.

[@hejskipejski5751]

Who doesn't love Tati? Probably one of only two things every moviegoer can agree to, except for the awesomeness of this channel

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thank you. in truth, the Tati videos don't do that well here, usually among the lowest numbers of all. don't know why, but I don't care. this March, I"ll release a video on Playtime.

[@hejskipejski5751]

@@LearningaboutMovies What a shame. Keep it up tho!

[@stevecurcuru]

Just getting into Tati this week but I did it all wrong, started with Play Time and then Mon Oncle! That’s OK, I loved both. What I love most about his films is they remind me of sketching people at the airport or in a cafe; you sort of put together a story in your head from observed behavior. His mannerisms reminded me of the animated film The Illusionist, and i just discovered that was based on a screenplay he wrote. Looking forward to watching Play Time again when I finish all his other classics, thanks for shedding light on this amazing filmmaker.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

excellent! there's no wrong way, and if you liked Playtime as your first Tati, you should have no problem with his other features.

[@eddaley7911]

I have loved Tati since my first introduction back in the early 80's, ( Monsieur Hulot's Holiday )it's timeless humor that I love more with each viewing! I have seen all his movies over time and he is an amazing artist! I have just seen your entire presentation on Tati here and found myself still laughing out loud at the short skits you play! Sadly I don't think a lot of people have the patience today to enjoy his wonderful comedic take on us all! Tati is pure genus! I am so glad I didn't miss out thank's to a friend introducing me all those years ago, and at a local theatre playing his movies on the big screen was especially gratifying. PS: "Playtime" is absolutely marvelous on a big screen ! : )

[@elizabethj8510]

The restaurant sequence in PlayTime

[@321bytor]

Watched 'M. Hulot's Holiday' again yesterday - lovely!

[@robertmatthews8302]

I never tire of Jacques Tati !😊

[@nudge2626]

Excellent video. I recently got a box set of all his feature and short films. Looking forward to watching through them.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thank you. if it's the Criterion boxset, it's a great one. a video on Playtime is coming out tomorrow on this channel.

[@nudge2626]

@@LearningaboutMovies Nope not the Criterion. Unfortunately Criterion region locks all their content to not work in Australia. The set I have is by a company called Madman. Though wouldnt surprise me if its the Criterion version licensed out. Looking forward to your video. I have been binging on your content over the last few days after discovering your channel.

[@hajosteffen1793]

I am a huge Tati fan since the early 70ies. My alltime fave is Traffic

[@dh2838]

I am trying to find a clip of JT talking about different types of smokers, it's very good. From memory it appeared randomly on a documentary or documentary series about the old time greats of comedy etc. Its something I've never forgotten but seen it once and never again, any ideas what it was from to help my search. Ty.

[@hajosteffen1793]

@@dh2838 As you mention this, - I remember to have seen it long ago, too. But I have no idea where to find it - I did some different google searchs without any result. would be glad that someone would have an idea.....

[@simonhawker9277]

after the war the french needed that more than most, ww2 was very hard on them, tati was gentle and not too fast

[@brianedwards7142]

Don't forget The Illusionist: a recent animated movie from an un-made Tati script. Beautiful.

[@lukekingsland5851]

I was going to mention this!

[@nalon7414]

You really cant miss with Tati, Traffic has his best soundtrack imo, mon oncle and playtime are his hest looking films but both for different reasons, Jour de Fete and M. Hulot's Holiday are his smallest scale and his most pure feeling and Parade is his most selfless film

[@OirichEntertainment]

I haven't seen his films but I am definitely intrigued. I heard his style is similar to films like "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad world". Great video, excited to see them.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

I forget that movie, but his stuff is far better than that. it does take patience. my kids did sit through all of his movies and probably liked Trafic best.

[@paulyouphone2793]

Thanks for this. I've been meaning to get some Tati DVDs for a while, and I'll follow your advice on the order. Thanks!

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

Just trying to help. What you call Monjour it’s actually Monsieur meaning mister. It’s read Mesiu Hulot. Not trying to be mean. Great video!!👍🤝

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thank you.

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

@@LearningaboutMovies you’re welcome! Thank you! I love Tati👍🤝

[@carlscott5447]

Best short intro on yt! The one key thing you came close to saying, but didn't quite, is that the films teach us how to PLAY in a modern world that is cold, inhuman, over-rationalized, etc. That attitude to the modern, not that of the fear-evoking critic, is better for us.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thank you very much.

[@carlscott5447]

@@LearningaboutMovies So I've now embedded your video in my new essay "Jacques Tati on Festivity (and Play)" available at the PostModernConservative substack. I look forward to watching your other Tati commentaries.

[@johnmact5548]

My favorite actor/director. I keep going back to for fun and inspiration

[@jimmyj1969]

Comedies often capture the essence of humanity better than dramaw. Given that, I wonder why people don't fall for comedies anymore?

[@LearningaboutMovies]

and they are devalued, in that they tend not to get as much critical acknowledgement or gain major awards. it might even go to an ultimate view of reality: is the universe a comedy or tragedy? is a human life? easier to notice, I think, disillusionment, decay, and death, and to give them the deciding roles in those questions. Tati is melancholy in a lot of ways, for sure. But still, he keeps his options open as to whether all will end well and happily or not.

[@jimmyj1969]

@@LearningaboutMovies As you pointed out, Tati is critical about the modern world, but never bitter: he 's like always smiling about the human condition...

[@geoffthompson4877]

Everyday I look for a Tati moment 🙂

[@LearningaboutMovies]

one of the greatest comments ever received. Someone should make this a poster or something.

[@ariannatrapani5824]

Trafic I saw on the public broadcasting TV, RAI, a long time ago and I return to it when I'm lazy and want to spend a sunday evening at home, while outside is rainy and chilly. The one I'm fond off is Playtime. Probably I'm one of the few people that saw it in a movie theater and it was WONDERFUL on a big screen! The cars going round and round like a carousel is a feast for all six senses. The first 2 I searched and brought and they have a special flavor visually for me, the nearest to classic silent movies even if Tati's themes are very different from that period

[@LearningaboutMovies]

wow, seeing that movie in the theater is remarkable. I wish I were there. A video on Playtime is coming out on this channel in a couple of weeks.

[@micr0chap]

Jacques Tati is right up there with Stan Laurel for visual comedy at its best.

[@manas1260]

Hey please make videos about the work of Satyajit Ray and Anurag Kashyap. ❤

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thanks. I have been going through Ray very slowly, at the pace of about a movie a month. Eventually, I'll do one of these videos on him. Kashyap I am not familiar with but I'll check him out.

[@manas1260]

@@LearningaboutMovies Anurag Kashyap's most famous work is Gangs of Wasseypur. And his best work is 'Ugly'.

[@chancemartin4737]

thank you for discussing this genius

[@LearningaboutMovies]

you're welcome. Individual Videos on this channel are on Jour de Fete, Mon Oncle, and Playtime.

[@philippechampouret]

Thanks a lot to love and to speak about this so great french moviemaker. Hello from France.

[@JaredGriffiths2000]

I love his films too! M. Hulot's Holiday was the only one of his films I saw as a child, his other films I saw when I was older but my favourite film of his would have to be Playtime.

[@Pancrasio-it9qd]

It would have been great if Jacques tati had made more films

[@brianedwards7142]

M. Hulot's Holiday is my all time favourite film (sometimes Mon Oncle).

[@LearningaboutMovies]

excellent!

[@joaquinsanco]

Love it. Thanks!

[@rohitpawar2195]

Still waiting for an episode on Fritz lang been following you since very beginning missed out a bit in last few days a lot to catch-up I guess.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thanks, rohit. Criterion Channel just put up a Fritz Lang movie I have never seen: "You Only Live Once." Will have to get to that one soon.

[@rohitpawar2195]

@@LearningaboutMovies I heard it took 200 hours of work to restore it, desperately looking forward to it.

[@chucku00]

Looks like Tati invented the Pontiac Aztek camper concept on the basis of a Renault 4 fourgonette...

[@freddielee1831]

Hey man, nice video as always. I'd be interested to know how you make your videos and what kind of software you use.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

Adobe Premiere to edit. Leawo to rip Bluray, and then VLC to capture clips. That's really it. It's pretty simple, doesn't take long to learn, though I should spend time learning something newer and fancier ... if I could ever justify putting in time for AfterEffects.

[@TheTristanmarcus]

Along with Tarkovsky, the greatest film director of the 20th century ❤ Thanks for the video 🙏🏽

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thank you, Marcus.

[@guillaumedestrebecq6821]

"jour de fête", c'est bien vous avez mis la version originale noir et blanc. Dans l'extrait du passage ferroviaire, où la bicyclette reste accrochée à la barrière, écoutez la musique qui part sur des cordes pizzicato... Si vous êtes attentif vous ferez l'analogie avec "chat noir chat blanc" d'Emir Kusturica, ce cinéaste a obligatoirement vu "jour de fête". Effectivement, la musique... lorsque je pense à Tati, j'ai quelques images en tête mais surtout, la musique, inoubliable. Notez à quel point les musiques chez Tati sont toutes aussi originales et singulières que ses films. Le label français "born bad record" à produit en 2023 une compilation remasterisée des musiques des films de Tati, très bonne qualité, en cd et vinyle.

[@onelife7247]

Great synopsis without boring us to death. 😘Thanks 🙏🏽

[@LearningaboutMovies]

you're welcome.

[@jefadine3651]

Petit conseil, pour vraiment apprécier l'oeuvre de Jacques Tati, il faut regarder sa filmographie dans l'ordre. Little advice, to really appreciate the work of Jacques Tati, you have to look at his filmography in order.

[@fairybuddy-angel2035]

A joy. Merci.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thank you.

[@samgold7958]

Great video!

[@sotiristsallis]

Great video....Tati was a gift to Humanity... llike a few others....

[@galahadthreepwood9394]

Fantastic movie maker!

[@careyatchison1348]

I found Jour du fete my gateway Tati movie, as Traffic left me nonplussed. Jour is a more a conventional comedy with overtly humorous sight gags.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thank you. Yes, Trafic is not likely a Tati starter film. Although I'd love to test this out on people: which is the best movie to give to newbies?

[@espacemaxim]

Well, I had to sub just because of this video

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thank you and welcome.

[@roborb1960]

The irony of 5m 24s.... The man with the camera who is allegedly peeping, that's his actual wife in real life.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

really? thanks.

[@roborb1960]

@@LearningaboutMovies No worries.... Her stage name was Nathalie Pascaud.. Her real name was Jacqueline Schillo. She became a friend of Tati. Her husband was a business owner in Lille. Rumour has it either she or her husband did not want to be away from each other during filming so Tati cast her husband as the businessman in the film although he did not receive a credit... Although Jacqueline did not persue a further career in acting, her husband Jean Pierre Zola was later cast as Charles Arpel in Mon Oncle. Tati films are just great aren't they! I learnt so much from him during my acting days.... :-)

[@jeffreycharles5035]

Just found this

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thanks.

[@rolandscales9380]

"Ma jour Hulot"? It's the first time I've heard "Monsieur" pronounced that way!

[@LearningaboutMovies]

Petty. Loser comment.

[@chancemartin4737]

When I first saw M hulots holiday it changed my life. mon oncle doubles down on this idea