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.

Extras

• Introduction by writer, director, and performer Terry Jones.
• Interview with script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot.
• Selected scene commentary by Philip Kemp, Stephane Goudet & Jerome Deschamps
• Jacques Tati in Monsieur Hulot’s Work, an episode of BBC Omnibus from 1976.
• Beyond Playtime, a documentary featuring behind-the-scenes footage.
• Interview with Tati at the 1972 San Francisco International Film Festival.
• Cours du soir, a 1967 short film written by and starring Tati.
• Like Home, a visual essay by Tati expert Stephane Goudet.
• Tativille, a 1967 episode of the UK television program Tempo International.