Malcolm Turvey

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Play Time: Jacques Tati and Comedic ModernismHardcover, 3 December 2019

Play Time: Jacques Tati and Comedic Modernism
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Part of Series
Film and Culture
Print Length
304 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Date Published
3 Dec 2019
ISBN-10
0231193025
ISBN-13
9780231193023

Description

Jacques Tati is widely regarded as one of the greatest postwar European filmmakers. He made innovative and challenging comedies while achieving international box office success and attaining a devoted following. In Play Time, Malcolm Turvey examines Tati's unique comedic style and evaluates its significance for the history of film and modernism.

Turvey argues that Tati captured elite and general audiences alike by combining a modernist aesthetic with slapstick routines, gag structures, and other established traditions of mainstream film comedy. Considering films such as Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953), Mon Oncle (1958), Play Time (1967), and Trafic (1971), Turvey shows how Tati drew on the rich legacy of comic silent film while modernizing its conventions in order to encourage his viewers to adopt a playful attitude toward the modern world. Turvey also analyzes Tati's sardonic view of the bourgeoisie and his complex and multifaceted satire of modern life. Tati's singular and enduring achievement, Turvey concludes, was to translate the democratic ideals of the postwar avant-garde into mainstream film comedy, crafting a genuinely popular modernism. Richly illustrated with images from the director's films, Play Time offers an illuminating and original understanding of Tati's work.

Product Details

Author:
Malcolm Turvey
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
3 December 2019
Dimensions:
23.62 x 15.75 x 2.29 cm
ISBN-10:
0231193025
ISBN-13:
9780231193023
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
304
Weight:
566.99 gm

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