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Mon Oncle [1958] [DVD]

DVD ~ Jacques Tati
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  • Actors: Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie, Lucien Frégis, Betty Schneider
  • Directors: Jacques Tati
  • Writers: Jacques Tati, Jacques Lagrange, Jean L'Hôte
  • Producers: Jacques Tati, Alain Térouanne, Fred Orain, Louis Dolivet
  • Format: Full Screen, PAL
  • Language French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Bfi Video
  • DVD Release Date: 29 Nov 2004
  • Run Time: 111 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0006687TO
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,709 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A comic masterpiece from director-star Jacques Tati (Playtime, Traffic), this 1958 film--Tati's first in colour--reprises the carefree, oblivious title character from the director's hilarious international hit Mr. Hulot's Holiday. This time, the story finds Hulot, a self-involved twit on a constant collision with the physical world, grappling with 1950s-style progress. Visiting his sister and brother-in-law in their ultra-progressive household full of noisy gadgets and futuristic decor, Hulot inevitably has dust-ups with modernity, each one exceptionally funny. Taking a page from Buster Keaton's play book, Tati also employs his trademark techniques with sound and production design to achieve the indefinable, comic genius of his films: the rhythmic clacking of footsteps, the cartoon-panel distance of his camera frame from the heart of the action. (Why are funny things funnierwhen seen from a few extra feet away?) Tati is one of the cinema's great treasures, and Mon Oncle is unforgettable. --Tom Keogh


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The comic adventures of an accident prone uncle trying to guide his 7-year-old nephew around the 20th century's technical complexities. French dialogue with English subtitles.

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66 of 67 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A treat long awaited, 27 Nov 2004
I have grown up with this film, as my father loved it, and his father before, and have been waiting for it to be released on DVD for ages. In Mon Oncle Jaques Tati created a very funny film (in places), a very French film, but above all a film that to me is a statement about life itself. Sometimes the action can be slow, but sometimes life is slow, and you have to wait for the payoff. And when that payoff comes, in Mon Oncle it's amongst the best cinematic moments ever, such as Tati testing the coffee maker for bounciness in his brother's hi-tec 50's kitchen. I will always treasure my Grandad belly laughing at the young boys tricking passers by into the lamp post - this film is like a personal treasure for me, and if it may not have the speed and pace of modern comedies, it has a huge wit, and a feeling of timelessness that will make it a classic forever.
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My Uncle!, 25 Jan 2006
By John Langley (Buxton, Derbyshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Golly, this is good! Tati takes M. Hulot from the seaside (M. Hulot's Holdiday', his earlier masterpiece) to the city,
where he's one of a troupe of highly-eccentric characters whose fantasies and foibles are explored in minute and hilarious fashion. Hulot (circa 1950s.),a descendant of Chaplin and Keaton, reincarnated recently as the absurd Mr. Bean.

There is no plot to speak of, rather a sequence of glimpses into the self-absorbed silliness of a businessman and his wife who inhabit a recently-assembled super-modern 'maison' complete with an endless supply of dysfunctional mod-cons. Much of the humour is sound-related. Everything buzzes and clacks. Everything is super-stylish and utterly useless. I took it as a satire on industrial civilisation, with utilitarianism displacing all that's natural.

A pack of stray dogs join in the fun, sniffing and pissing everywhere, as personal and fascinating as their human counterparts. The humour is wry and light. I regularly laughed out loud. I saw my own foibles (not to mention those of my friends and family) magnified in excruciating detail.
The depth of insight is extraordinary, the camera-work always perfect, and the boulevardian musical score entrancing and unforgettable.

This is a timeless masterpiece.

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It's About Us, 8 Oct 2005
Jacques Tati's "Mon Oncle" astonished me by its fresh attitude. I saw this film for the first time in 2001, yet it feels as if I'd known it much longer. I adore its backgrounds - that's why you need to watch it at least twice - once to grasp the idea what's in the foreground, twice to notice the background, ever-walking workers with sausage-like plastic tubes among others. It's as much a film as a painting. I watched it again a week ago - and, sadly, it's still funny in 2005, and the laugh is on us - we love electronic devices around, we cherish high-tech kitchens and offices, yet sometimes we can't find our own self.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Tati's best film!
I first saw this film when I was about six years old and watching it again, many decades later, much of it comes back to me: the clicking of the high heels, the fountain, the... Read more
Published 17 days ago by Joey Dean

5.0 out of 5 stars still as fresh as when it was made
We saw a revived version of "Les Vacances de M. Hulot" and had forgotten how funny it was. I had never seen "Mon Oncle" Perhaps it isnt quite so good as Les Vacances but it is... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jmm Taylor

3.0 out of 5 stars Rather disappointing
At the risk of being the odd one out (apparently not, see below*) I don't think this qualifies as a 'masterpiece' in my book. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars jacquea tati
Jacques Tati one of his more modern versions on film, the divide between old and new town and the characteristics of persons living in each sector - being the natural old ways vs... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Miska1717

5.0 out of 5 stars Tati meets the future, and he prefers the present
In this classic movie from 1958, Tati plays his usual character Mr. Hulot. He lives in an old, rundown part of town, while her sister, married to the manager of a plastics... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Andres C. Salama

3.0 out of 5 stars Sweet, but very s l o w
Had I not seen the superlative "Monsieur Hulot's Holiday" first, possibly I would have enjoyed this more. As it is, I was expecting too much and therefore disappointed. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Four Violets

4.0 out of 5 stars Well worth a look.
This is another fine example of the art of visual comedy & you may need to watch it a couple of times to get all the nuances & background humour. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Sizzle

5.0 out of 5 stars Charming, amusing and beautiful
I fell in love with Mon Oncle as a boy in the 70s when I caught part of the movie on TV, though back then I didn't know what it was or who Jaques Tati was. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Nigel Collier

5.0 out of 5 stars Satire Has Never Been This Charming!
The Arpels live in a world filled with ultra modern appliances that are all too clever to be of any real use. Read more
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Here's a guy who was a movie genius, who wrote, directed and starred in his own films, and who created a character of universal humor and gentleness. Read more
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