Jour de Fete

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Phil G @PhilZZr 01/13/2024 A brilliant film, recommended! See more Simon T @MovieTart 07/26/2020 Tati's feature debut is charming, romantic and at times rather dull. There are very good physical sight gags but he hadn't yet finessed them into a particularly interesting scenario. The plot here is minuscule: a travelling funfair arrives in a sleepy village and local postman Francois (Tati) is inspired by newsreel of the American postal service to speed up his bicycle deliveries. Tati uses sound, music and mime but it wasn't until he introduced M. Hulot into the mix that his unique talents found their ideal showcase. See more 03/17/2016 Totally delightful madness from start to finish. Tati is a master of slapstick, physical comedy, and character sketches. See more 03/13/2016 Early Tati. Comedy not as natural as in later masterpieces. Simple satire on American business methods - speed, speed, speed! But Tati (as Francois the rural postman with the swinging satchel) is not the loner/outsider that M. Hulot became. In fact, at times here Francois is the village idiot and not really funny at all. Tati obviously learnt from this. Still, a nostalgic delight. I watched a tinted/colourised version which gave the picture a washed-out look. See more 07/05/2015 Ehhhhh..... Jaques Tati's debut film is alright. Theres a really good and charming climax to this movie. Sadly most of the slapstick is incredibly dated even for 1949. Like stepping on rakes and stuff like that. Ehh it aint enough material to recommend to somebody its pretty empty. I had fun watching it however See more 06/02/2015 It's not that funny most of the time and at times it's genuinely un-funny. This feature was based on a short Tati did that was a lot funnier. He lifted some of those earlier shots and recycled them in this. If the carnival scenes seem boring and tacked on, that's because they were tacked on to Tatis short about a mailman trying to modernize, American style. See more Read all reviews

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