#730: TATI, Jacques: Jour De Fête [1949]
THE COMPLETE JACQUES TATI {Spine #729}
TATI, Jacques (France)
Jour De Fête [1949]
Jour De Fête [1949]
Spine #730
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
In his enchanting debut feature, Jacques Tati stars as a fussbudget of a postman who is thrown for a loop when a traveling fair comes to his village. Even in this early work, Tati was brilliantly toying with the devices (silent visual gags, minimal yet deftly deployed sound effects) and exploring the theme (the absurdity of our increasing reliance on technology) that would define his cinema.
86 minutes
B&W
B&W
Monaural
in French
1:37:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2014
Director/Writers
Written by Jacques Tati and Henri Marquet.
With the collaboration of René Wheeler.
Tati was 42 when he directed Jour de Fête.
Other Tati films in the Collection:
#110: Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
#111: Mon Oncle (1958)
#112: PlayTime (1967)
#439: Trafic (1971)
#731: Parade (1974)
The Film
Other Tati films in the Collection:
#110: Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
#111: Mon Oncle (1958)
#112: PlayTime (1967)
#439: Trafic (1971)
#731: Parade (1974)
The Film
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Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
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
None.
Two alternate versions
Of the film: director Tati’s 1964 reedit, featuring hand-colored objects and newly incorporated footage, and the full-color 1995 rerelease, completed from Tati’s original color negatives.
À l’américaine
A 2013 visual essay by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet tracking the evolution of Tati’s comedy.
“Jour de fête”: In Search of the Lost Color
A 1988 documentary on the restoration of the film to Tati’s original color vision.
Trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
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
None.
Two alternate versions
Of the film: director Tati’s 1964 reedit, featuring hand-colored objects and newly incorporated footage, and the full-color 1995 rerelease, completed from Tati’s original color negatives.
À l’américaine
A 2013 visual essay by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet tracking the evolution of Tati’s comedy.
“Jour de fête”: In Search of the Lost Color
A 1988 documentary on the restoration of the film to Tati’s original color vision.
Trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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