Actors: Jacques Tati, Rita Maiden, France Rumilly, France Delahalle, Laure Paillette, Reinhard Kolldehoff Director: Jacques Tati Language: FRENCH: LPCM 2.0, English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Subtitles: English
Region: Region A
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Number of Discs: 1 Rating: Not Rated Orig. Release Date: 1967 Studio: Criterion
Release Date: 8/18/2009 Run Time: 124 Min.
- Terry Jones introduction - this is the same short introduction by writer, director, and performer Terry Jones offered on the Criterion DVD release of PlayTime. (7 min, 1080i).
- Selected scene commentary - a commentary by film historian
Phillip Kemp, which was recorded for the British Film Institute. Mr.
Kemp discusses the history of PlayTime, the film's complex
narrative, and the legacy of its creator, and deconstructs a few of the
film's more prominent scenes. (47 min. 1080i).
- Au-dela de "PlayTime" - a short film, with a script by
Jacques Tati scholar Stephane Goudet, exploring Tati's hugely ambitious
production. (7 min. 1080i)
- Tati Story - a biographical film tracing Jacques Tati's
life and work. The film features clips from the French director's films,
as well as rare photos and archival materials. In French with optional
English subtitles. (21 min. 1080i).
- "Jacques Tati in M. Hulot's Work" - in this 1987 BBC Omnimus program, Gavin Millar interviews Jacques Tati at the Hotel de la Plage, made famous in M. Hulot's Hioliday. Tati discusses his work as a comedian and filmmaker and the films featuring his beloved Hulot. In English. (50 min. 1080i).
- Tati at the San Francisco Film Festival - the 1972 San Francisco International Film Festival hosted the U.S. premiere of PlayTime.
Jacques Tati attended the event and participated in a discussion about
the film, moderated by Albert Johnson. Presented here is a collection of
audio excerpts from that discussion. (17 min).
- Sylvette Baudrot - Sylvette Baudrot has been a script
supervisor for more than five decades and worked with Jacques Tati on
three of his films. In this featurette, she recalls her participation in
PlayTime. In French, with optional English subtitles. (13 min. 1080i)
- Cours du soir - in this 1967 short film, written by
Jacques Tati and directed by Nicolas Rybowski, Tati plays the instructor
of a class studying the art of mime. In French, with optional English
subtitles. (28 min, 1080i).
- Leaflet - for the Blu-ray release of PlayTime,
Criterion have reprinted and added the same leaflet they offered with
the R1 DVD release of the film. The leaflet features Jonathan
Rosenbaum's essay "The Dance of Play Time".
A variety of tourists, including the unflappable Monsieur Hulot, descend upon a very modernized
Paris and spend an eventful 24 hours there.
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