About this episode

The episode discusses Jacques Tati's film PLAYTIME, exploring its satire of modernity and affection for its subject matter.

Jacques Tati rebuilt Paris from the ground up - and bankrupted himself in the process - to make his masterpiece PLAYTIME (1967), a gentle satire of ultra-modern postwar France that has a certain affection for what it's satirizing. We discuss the film that couldn't quite kill Monsieur Hulot. PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus/posts/730-malaise-of-164033227

People in this episode

Hosts: Luke Savage, Will Sloan

Topics covered

• film analysis
• satire
• modernity
• French cinema
• Jacques Tati
• postwar France

Keywords

• Jacques Tati
• PLAYTIME
• modernity
• satire
• French cinema
• postwar France

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: PLAYTIME

Places: Paris

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