Word: hulot
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DIED. Jacques Tati, 75, whimsical French film maker, forever associated with his gangly, amiable and bewildered persona Monsieur Hulot; of a lung blood clot. A droll mime, Tati made films (Mr. Hulot's Holiday, 1954; the Oscar-winning Mon Onde, 1958; four others) that were meticulously wrought explosions of philosophical slapstick with little dialogue and less plot, suggesting that modern values are topsy-turvy. Said he: "What I am trying to prove is that at bottom everyone is amusing...
...Hulot's Holiday--Sunday at 2:50, 6:15 and 9:40 p.m., Monday and Tuesday at 6:15 and 9:40 p.m.; with Hiroshima Mon Amour, Sunday at 4:35 and 8 p.m., Monday and Tuesday at 8 p.m.; Brattle Theater