Synopsis
Jacques Tatis's spectacular cinematic art reached its peak in the gargantuan achievement of this film, Playtime, which caused such a disastrous effect to Tati that his remaining life was hardship till the day he died in 1982. When it was first released in 1967, Playtime was a large-scale 70mm feature film, with its running time spanning to more than 2 and half hours and recorded in the stereo system. It also captures the so-called "Democracy Tati style" best that encourages audience's gaze on the big screen to disperse. After coming to Paris, Mr. Hulot, a disoriented businessman by strange-looking and expressionless high-rises and unidentifiable spaces, comes across a group of American tourists. Then, he becomes close with a woman named Barbara at a newly opened restaurant.