The Complete Jacques Tati

 

Year: 1949 | 1953 | 1958 | 1967 | 1971 | 1974

Time: 86 | 87 | 116 | 124 | 97 | 89 min.

 

Series: The Criterion Collection

Edition #: 729

Release Date: Tuesday, 28 October 2014

MSRP: $124.95

 

7 Discs

1.37:1

1.33:1

1.78:1

1.37:1

1.37:1

1.37:1

English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0

French PCM Mono 1.0

French PCM Mono 1.0

English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0

French DTS-HD MA Stereo 3.0

French PCM Mono 1.0

French PCM Mono 1.0

French PCM Mono 1.0

Subtitles: English

 

 Original 1953 version of the film   Introduction by actor and comedian Terry Jones   Clear Skies, Light Breeze, a 2013 visual essay by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet about the debut of Monsieur Hulot   Interview with Jacques Tati from a 1978 episode of the French television program Ciné regards   New interview with film composer and critic Michel Chion on Tati   Introduction by actor and comedian Terry Jones   My Uncle, director Jacques Tati's 1958 reedited, English-language version of the film   Once Upon a Time . . . "Mon oncle," an hour-long documentary from 2008 on the making of the film's fashion, architecture, and furniture design   Everything Is Beautiful, a three-part program from 2005 on the film   Everything's Connected, a 2013 visual essay by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet comparing Mon oncle to the other Monsieur Hulot films   "Le Hasard de Jacques Tati," a 1977 French television episode featuring an interview with Jacques Tati about his dog, Hasard, and the canine stars of Mon oncle   Introduction by actor and comedian Terry Jones   Three selected-scene commentaries, by film historian Philip Kemp, theater director Jérôme Deschamps, and Jacques Tati expert Stéphane Goudet   Like Home, a 2013 visual essay on PlayTime by Stéphane Goudet   "Tativille" a 1967 episode of the British television program Tempo International, featuring an interview with Jacques Tati from the set of PlayTime   Beyond "PlayTime," a short 2002 documentary featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the production   Interview from 2006 with script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot   Audio interview with Jacques Tati from the U.S. debut of PlayTime at the 1972 San Francisco Film Festival   "Jacques Tati in Monsieur Hulot's Work," a 1976 BBC Omnibus program featuring Jacques Tati   Trailer   Two alternate versions of the film: director Jacques Tati         Trailer   In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot (1969), a two-hour documentary tracing the evolution of Jacques Tati's beloved alter ego   In the Ring, a 2013 visual essay by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet about Tati      Tati Story, a short biographical film about Tati   New digital restorations of all seven short films: On demande une brute (1934), Gai dimanche! (1935), Soigne ton gauche (1936), L'école des facteurs (1946), Cours du soir (1967), Forza Bastia (1978), and Dégustation maison (1978)   Professor Goudet's Lessons, a 2013 lecture program by Stéphane Goudet on Tati's cinema   A booklet featuring essays by critics James Quandt, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Kristin Ross, and David Cairns