The Complete Jacques Tati

Overview

This set from Criterion brings together each of director Jacques Tati's six feature films: Jour de Fete, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, Mon Oncle, Playtime, Trafic, and Parade. Also included are a smattering of short films he made.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/19/2014
UPC:	0715515128315
Original Release:	0000
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Time:	9:59:00
Sales rank:	6,316

Special Features

New digital restorations of all six feature films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on Jour de fête, Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday, Mon oncle, Trafic, and Parade and uncompressed stereo soundtrack on PlayTime

New digital restorations of all seven short films

Two alternate versions of Jour de fête, a partly colorized 1964 version and the full-color 1994 rerelease version

Original 1953 theatrical release version of Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday

My Uncle, the version of Mon oncle that director Jacques Tati created for English-language audiences

Introductions by actor and comedian Terry Jones to Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday, Mon oncle, and PlayTime 

Archival interviews with Tati

In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot, a 1989 documentary about Tati’s beloved alter ego

Five visual essays by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet

New interview with film scholar Michel Chion on the sound design of Tati’s films

“Jour de fête”: In Search of the Lost Color, a 1988 documentary on the process of realizing Tati’s original color vision for that film

Once Upon a Time . . . “Mon oncle,” a 2008 documentary about the making of that film

Everything Is Beautiful, a 2005 piece on the fashion, furniture, and architecture of Mon oncle

Selected-scene commentaries on PlayTime by Goudet, theater director Jérôme Deschamps, and critic Philip Kemp

Tativille, a documentary shot on the set of PlayTime

Beyond “PlayTime,” a short 2002 documentary featuring on-set footage

An Homage to Jacques Tati, a 1982 French TV program featuring Tati friend and set designer Jacques Lagrange

Audio interview with Tati from the U.S. premiere of PlayTime at the 1972 San Francisco International Film Festival

Interview with PlayTime script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot from 2006

Tati Story, a short biographical film from 2002

Professor Goudet’s Lessons, a 2013 classroom lecture by Goudet on Tati’s films

Alternate English-language soundtracks for Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday and PlayTime

New English subtitle translations

PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics David Cairns, James Quandt, Jonathan Rosenbaum, and Kristin Ross