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Blu-ray

Playtime

Call Number

  • 4K BLU-RAY FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

4K UHD special edition.

Languages

In French or dubbed English, with English subtitles.

Performers

Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Georges Montant, France Rumilly, Reinhart Kolldehoff, André Fouché, Billy Kearns, Yves Barsacq.

Publication Information

[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2026]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (123 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 16 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

"Jacques Tati's gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis with PlayTime. For this monumental achievement, a nearly three-year-long, bank-breaking production, Tati again thrust the lovably old-fashioned Monsieur Hulot, along with a host of other lost souls, into a baffling modern world, this time Paris. With every inch of its superwide frame crammed with hilarity and inventiveness, PlayTime is a lasting record of a modern era tiptoeing on the edge of oblivion."--Container.

Notes

This is a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and requires a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player; it will not play in standard Blu-ray or DVD players. For full 4K UHD effects, a 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR and a high-speed HDMI (category 2) cable are required.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.

Special features: 4K digital restoration, with 3.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack ; one 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the special features ; 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 visual essay by Goudet ; "Tativille," a 1967 television program featuring an interview with Tati from the set of PlayTime ; Beyond "PlayTime," a short documentary featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the production ; interview with script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot ; audio interview with Tati from the U.S. debut of PlayTime at the 1972 San Francisco International Film Festival ; Tati Story, a short film by Goudet on the life and career of Tati ; "Monsieur Hulot's Work," a 1976 television program about Tati's beloved character ; Cours du soir (1967), a short film written by and starring Tati ; alternate English-language soundtrack.

Contents

  • 4K Ultra HD disc: The film
  • Blu-ray disc: Special features.

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