Trafic /
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| Imprint: | [S.l.] : Criterion Collection, 2008. |
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| Description: | 2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Language: | French |
| Series: | Criterion collection ; 439 |
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| Format: | DVD Video |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7195324 |
| Summary: | The bumbling Monsieur Hulot, outfitted with tan raincoat, beaten brown hat, and umbrella, takes to Paris' highways and byways. Bonus disc features: a two-hour documentary, The Comedy of Jacques Tati; theatrical trailer; and more. In Jacques Tati's Trafic, the bumbling Monsieur Hulot, outfitted as always with tan raincoat, beaten brown hat, and umbrella, takes to Paris's highways and byways. For this, his final outing, Hulot is employed as an auto company's director of design, and accompanies his new vehicle (a camper tricked out in all sorts of absurd gadgetry) to an auto show in Amsterdam. Naturally, the road is paved with modern-age mishaps. This late-career delight is a masterful demonstration of the comic genius's expert timing and sidesplitting visual gags, and a bemused last look at technology run amok. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1971. Special features include: interview from 1971 with the cast of Trafic, from the French television program Le journal du cinema ; The comedy of Jacques Tati, a 1973 episode of the French television program Morceaux de bravoure ; theatrical trailer ; In the footsteps of M. Hulot (1989), a two-part documentary by Sophie Tatischeff tracing the evolution of Tati's beloved alter ego ; a new essay by film critic Jonathan Romney. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD ; monaural ; 1.33:1 aspect ratio. |
| Production Credits: | Directors of photography, Marcel Weiss, Edward van den Enden ; music by Charles Dumont. |
| ISBN: | 9781604650457 1604650451 |
