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Mon Oncle (1958)

Presented by DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at DeBartolo Performing Arts Center

October 14, 2006

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Directed by Jacque Tati Rated G, 110 minutes French language with English subtitles PAC Classic 100 film Jacque Tati's second feature film and first film in color reintroduces his hilarious Chaplinesque alter ego, M. Hulot. After having followed Hulot on his sun-drenched, foible-filled seaside vacation in Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Mon Oncle finds Tati contrasting Hulot's bohemian provincial home life with the modern, contraption-filled concrete and glass home belonging to his sister and her family, the Arpels, where Hulot's nephew, Gerard, is drowning in boredom. When Hulot comes for a visit, the gadgets get the better of him, in a seamless spectacle of electric switches, slamming doors, and malfunctioning accoutrements. Tati shuttles back and forth between Hulot's quaint home of friendly neighbors and music-filled provincial café's and the Arpel's surreal and cold modern lifestyle, creating an evocative and whimsical contrast that Tati would develop further in his future masterpieces, Playtime and Traffic. Location: Browning Cinema

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    DeBartolo Performing Arts Center

    University of Notre Dame
    100 Performing Arts Center
    South Bend, IN 46556

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    Tickets: $6.00 General Public $5.00 Faculty/Staff $4.00 Seniors $3.00 Students

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    October 14, 2006

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    3:00 p.m.

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    • Event Name: Mon Oncle (1958)
      "Tati's Masterpiece"
      Review posted by: Patrick Mauck from Elkhart, IN, USA, Sep 19, 2006
      

      Mon Oncle is the film where Tati's theme of conflict between the modern world and our humanity is best seen. Hulot is a man out of step with the world of machines, but meshes perfectly into the more... Expand

      Mon Oncle is the film where Tati's theme of conflict between the modern world and our humanity is best seen. Hulot is a man out of step with the world of machines, but meshes perfectly into the more bohemian and human world that he inhabits. The Paris that Tati shows us is a combination of a hilariously grotesque modern quarter and the crumbling, dirty, beautiful Paris that the average Parisian lives in. It's clear which world is superior to Tati. Tati's sense of play and humor are more sophisticated than those seen in modern film comedies. He passes up many opportunities for cheap laughs, and I cannot recall anybody getting hit in the testicles or any of the other cheap gags that seem to fill the screen in today's comedies. All in all, a superior film that any lover of sophisticated film should see. Collapse

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    • Event Name: Mon Oncle (1958)
      "Tati's Masterpiece"
      Review posted by: Patrick Mauck from Elkhart, IN, USA, Sep 19, 2006
      

      Mon Oncle is the film where Tati's theme of conflict between the modern world and our humanity is best seen. Hulot is a man out of step with the world of machines, but meshes perfectly into the more... Expand

      Mon Oncle is the film where Tati's theme of conflict between the modern world and our humanity is best seen. Hulot is a man out of step with the world of machines, but meshes perfectly into the more bohemian and human world that he inhabits. The Paris that Tati shows us is a combination of a hilariously grotesque modern quarter and the crumbling, dirty, beautiful Paris that the average Parisian lives in. It's clear which world is superior to Tati. Tati's sense of play and humor are more sophisticated than those seen in modern film comedies. He passes up many opportunities for cheap laughs, and I cannot recall anybody getting hit in the testicles or any of the other cheap gags that seem to fill the screen in today's comedies. All in all, a superior film that any lover of sophisticated film should see. Collapse

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