This article is about the 1967 film. For other uses, see Playtime (disambiguation).
Playtime
Directed by
Jacques Tati
Written by
Jacques Tati
Jacques Lagrange[a]
Art Buchwald[b]
Produced by
Bernard Maurice
Starring
Jacques Tati
Cinematography
Jean Badal
Andréas Winding
Edited by
Gérard Pollicand
Music by
Francis Lemarque
Production companies
Specta Films
Jolly Film
Distributed by
SN Prodis (France)[1]
Unidis (Italy)[2]
Release dates
16 December 1967 (1967-12-16) (France)
29 March 1968 (1968-03-29) (Italy)
Running time
124 minutes
Countries
France
Italy
Languages
French
English
German
Playtime (stylized as PlayTime and also written as Play Time) is a 1967 comedy film directed by Jacques Tati. In the film, Tati again plays Monsieur Hulot, the popular character who had central roles in his earlier films Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953) and Mon Oncle (1958). However, Tati grew ambivalent towards playing Hulot as a recurring central role during production; he appears intermittently in Playtime, alternating between central and supporting roles.
Shot on 70 mm, the work is notable for its enormous set, which Tati had built specially for the film, as well as Tati's trademark use of subtle yet complex visual comedy supported by creative sound effects; dialogue is frequently reduced to the level of background noise.
Playtime is considered Tati's masterpiece and his most daring work. In 2022, Playtime was 23rd on the British Film Institute's critics' list and 41st in their directors' list of "Top 100 Greatest Films of All Time". The film was a financial failure upon release but is now widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time.[3]
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^"The Greatest Films of All Time". BFI. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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