#111/#729: TATI, Jacques: Mon Oncle (1958)

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TATI, Jacques (France)
Mon Oncle [1958]
Spine #111/#729
DVD/Blu-ray


Slapstick prevails when Jacques Tati's eccentric hero Monsieur Hulot is let loose in the ultramodern home of his brother-in-law, and in an antiseptic factory that manufactures plastic hose. Tati directs and stars in the second entry of the Hulot series, a delightful satire of mechanized living.

116 minutes
Color
Monaural
in French
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2001
Director/Writers


Jacques Tati was 51 when he wrote and directed Mon Oncle.
With the collaboration of Jacques Lagrange and Jean L’Hôte.


The Extras

The Booklet

#111: Six-page wraparound featuring an essay by Matt Zoller Seitz.

#729: Sixty-eight page booklet featuring essays by James Quandt (Scatterbrained Angel: The Films of Jacques Tati); Jonathan Rosenbaum (Composing in Sound and Image); Kristin Ross (Jacques Tati:Historian); and David Cairns (Things Fall Together).

Commentary

#111/#729:

None.

Video introduction

By writer, director and performer Terry Jones.
#111:

L’école des facteurs

The 1947 short film directed by and starring Tati.
#729:

My Uncle

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.
Everything is Beautiful

A three-part program from 2005 on the film’s fashion, architecture, and furniture design.

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 Tati about his dog, Hasard, and the canine stars of Mon Oncle.

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