Screencaptures #21-26 are from the original 1953 version of the film. Screencaptures #1-19 are from the 2K restoration of Jacques Tati's 1978 rerelease version.Ģ. Please note that the screencaptures included with our review appear in the following order:ġ. The film was fully restored by La Fondation Groupama Gan pou le Cinema, Les Films de Mon Oncle, La Fondation Thomson pour le Patrimoine du Cinema et de la Television, and La Cinematheque francaise. This project was undertaken in 2009 and is based on the last version that Jacques Tati edited in 1978. The release uses as a foundation the same restoration project which the British Film Institute accessed when they prepared their Blu-ray release of Les vacances de M. Hulot arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion.
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Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.35:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Jacques Tati's Les vacances de M. The rerelease version is approximately twelve minutes shorter than the original 1953 version.
Hulot, which underwent meticulous restoration in 2009, as well as the original 1953 version. This Blu-ray release contains the preferred by Tati version of Les vacances de M.
The film received excellent reviews at the Cannes Film Festival in 1953, and in 1956 earned an Oscar nomination for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay.ĭespite the warm reception, however, in the following years Tati kept improving his film - he re-recorded the soundtrack in 1962, and in 1978 cut various scenes and added footage to others. On the morning after the clueless tourists head home, while Hulot jumps in his strange little car and goes back to his planet. A few of the fireworks even hit the hotel. The film ends with a bang, literally - Hulot accidentally ignites a fireworks stand and all hell breaks loose. There are also various random sounds - though there is absolutely nothing random about them as they reveal what is about to happen or when the camera isn't pointed in the right direction what has already happened. Most of the communication is done through facial expressions and gestures. Hulot, for example, has only one line, which he utters when he registers in the hotel. Most of the characters in it remain unnamed, but one does not need to know their names in order to understand what motivates them, what excites or angers them. The film is charming, at times sentimental, but not simplistic. Some are easy to deconstruct, others demand a second look. Some of the scenes are hilarious, others not so much. Then he would suddenly appear and cause chaos. In fact, often there is a chain reaction of events, and Hulot is nowhere to be seen. The many characters in the film come and go, and Hulot's actions are not always the focus of attention. There are also children who love ice cream. A group of snobbish card players who do not like to be disturbed. A beautiful blonde who inspires Hulot to go horseback riding with her. A friendly lady who loves tennis but does not have any friends. An older man who spends a lot of time talking on the phone and a lot of time looking at women half his age. There is a frustrated waiter who has to deal with hordes of capricious tourists.
Hulot is structured as a collage of scenes featuring numerous fascinating characters. Jacques Tati's famous character arrives in a small Brittany seaside town, registers in one of its hotels, and various things immediately start breaking apart various people also begin doing strange things. There isn't much of a plot in Les vacances de M. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday is part of Criterion's upcoming The Complete Jacques Tati Blu-ray box set, which will be available for purchase later this month. In French or English, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. The supplemental features on the disc include the original version of the film video introduction by actor and comedian Terry Jones new visual essay by Jacques Tati scholar Stephane Goudet exclusive new video interview with composer Michel Chion archival episode of the French television program Cine regards and more. Hulot's Holiday" (1953) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion. Nominated for Oscar Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay, Jacques Tati's "Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot" a.k.a.
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