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Directed by JACQUES TATI...
Screenplay by JACQUES TATI...
There is no doubt that Jacques Tati has the spirit of an artist. A short subject accompanying Playtime shows him to be generally observant and thoughtful, not only about his own film making but also about the world around him and the people with whom he shares it. Unfortunately, he lacks the artist's talent to mold and shape his insights into truly engaging works. This film-made in 1968 but delayed in release here until a satisfactory 35-mm. print could be made from his 70-mm. original-is almost as stupefying as his more recent Traffic (TIME...
...enthusiasm that has greeted these latest adventures of Mr. Hulot appears to be the product of critical wistfulness. Tati is the last in a once great tradition of pantomimic screen comedians. Out of a desire to keep that tradition alive, writers seize on the odd, amusing bits in his films, overpraising them while ignoring Tati-Hulot's glaring inadequacies...
HARVARD SQUARE THEATRE Limelight (Chaplin) 1:45, 5:35, 9:25. Traffic (Tati...