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Title:
Play time [DVD video]
Edition:
Special ed.
Publication Date:
2006
Publication Information:
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2006.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 cm.)
Abstract:
Modern Paris, a city of glass, steel and the encroaching age of technology. Admist the babble of tourists, the endearingly clumsy Monsieur Hulot tries to reconcile the old-fashioned ways with the confusing new ways.
General Note:
Title from container.
Videodisc release of the 1967 French motion picture.
Special features: Disc 1. Video introduction by Terry Jones; Selected scene commentary by film historian Philip Kemp; Alternate international soundtrack. Disc 2. Au-delà de "Playtime", a short documentary with behind-the-scenes footage; "Tati story" a short biographical film about Tati; "Jacques Tati in Monsieur Hulot's work, " a 1976 BBC Omnibus program featuring Tati; "Tati at the San Francisco film festival" audio interview with Tati; Video interview with script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot; "Cours du soir" a 1967 short film written by and starring Tati. Booklet: "The dance of playtime" by Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Performers:
Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Georges Montant, France Rumilly, Reinhart Kolldehoff, André Fouché, Billy Kearns, Yves Barsacq, Nicole Ray.
Contents:
Disc 1. The film -- disc 2. The supplements.
Technical Details:
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation enhanced for 16:9 widescreen televisions; Dolby digital stereo.
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Geographic Term:
Language:
French
Additional Language:
In French with optional English subtitles.
