Screening | Jacques Tati: Playtime
Schedule
Sat, 07 Dec, 2024 at 02:00 pm
Location
420 Brunswick Street, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, Queensland 4006 | Fortitude Valley, QL
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Jacques Tati’s 'Playtime' (1967) is considered a masterpiece of cinema. It was co-written by, directed by, and starred the French mime-comic, reprising his role of Monsieur Hulot from earlier movies. 'Playtime' satirises life in modern, consumerist Paris, as Hulot struggles with glass doors and lifts, sterile apartments and partitioned offices. The Hulot character was a hindrance for Tati, who wanted to transcend him but depended on his popularity for commercial viability. Hulot appears in the film, but he becomes part of the scenery and disappears for long periods, seemingly lost in the modern world. Fake Hulots also appear, stressing Hulot’s avatar-like quality.
Cinéaste John Edmond will introduce this screening and discuss how the film—its modern-world mise-en-scene and its director’s love-hate relation with his character—informed James Barth’s recent video Stone Milker, currently on show at the IMA.
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Where is it happening?
420 Brunswick Street, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, Queensland 4006, 17 Berwick St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006, Australia,Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Fortitude ValleyEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
