{"id":14404,"date":"2014-10-27T13:55:56","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T17:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=14404"},"modified":"2015-05-03T23:56:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T03:56:49","slug":"the-complete-jacques-tati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2014\/10\/27\/the-complete-jacques-tati\/","title":{"rendered":"The Complete Jacques Tati<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the 1950s and 1960s, Jacques Tati created four films (essentially silent)\u00a0starring himself as Monsieur Hulot (a kind of\u00a0updated and\u00a0inverted take\u00a0on Charlie Chaplin’s The Tramp) who is commonly seen navigating in his lurching manner\u00a0around\u00a0a modern world made lonelier by technology.<\/p>\n

\"Hulot\"<\/p>\n

There was a time when The Criterion Collection had all of Tati’s Monsieur Hulot films in print. Alas, as happens periodically,\u00a0some rights issues emerged a few years ago, the films were taken out of print,\u00a0and I and many gave up hope that they’d ever come back.\u00a0But then,\u00a0there were exciting rumors that\u00a0the Tati films would be back.\u00a0When confirmation came, it was better than most had hoped:\u00a0this week, not only are the Monsieur Hulot\u00a0films that were put out of print returning to The Criterion Collection\u00a0in new editions and restorations, but\u00a0this is The Complete<\/span> Jacques Tati<\/em>, comprised of Tati’s six feature films and his seven short films.<\/p>\n

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Review copy courtesy of The Criterion Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The set is, predictably, loaded, including alternate versions of three of the films, as well as supplemental documentaries, visual essays, commentaries, interviews, etc. If you want to get to know Jacques Tati — and I’m excited to get to know him better — here you go.<\/p>\n

These are the films included in the set:<\/p>\n