#monsieur hulot's holiday

[pygartheangel]

#mr. hulot's holiday #jacques tati #movie poster #monsieur hulot's holiday

[byneddiedingo]

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (Jacques Tati, 1953)

Cast: Jacques Tati, Natalie Pascaud, Micheline Rolla, Valentine Camax, Lucien Frégis, Raymond Carl. Screenplay: Pierre Aubert, Jacques Lagrange, Henri Marquet, Jacques Tati. Cinematography: Jacques Mercanton, Jean Mousselle. Music: Alain Romans One of the delights of Monsieur Hulot's Holiday is that Hulot himself is part of an ensemble. It's not just a showcase for Jacques Tati's gifts as a physical comedian. While Hulot is the presumed focus of the movie, with his stiff-legged bouncing gait and his pipe-forward ambling, the world around him is as sweetly eccentric as he is. From the opening scenes with the holiday-bound crowds rushing from one railway platform to the other, confused by the comically garbled announcements, to the sardine-packed bus whose driver discovers a small boy thrusting his head up between the spokes of the steering wheel, Tati the director swiftly establishes the satiric thrust of the film: the bourgeoisie determined to have fun even if it kills them. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday is not gut-bustingly funny. Instead it's an assemblage of drolleries: slapstick moments like Hulot getting shut up in a folding canoe and being mistaken for a shark, mixed with smile-inducing bits like the strolling couple, she cheerfully leading him on excursions he clearly doesn't enjoy, as when she delightedly picks up shells, cooing over their beauty, which he tosses away once her back is turned. All of it is sweetened by a skillfully crafted soundtrack, from Hulot's wheezing and rattling auto to the irruptions of radio broadcasts in the hotel to the poink of the swinging door at the entrance to the dining room. I happen to think that the restored 114-minute version, assembled by Tati before his death, may be a bit too long, but there are many who can't get too much Hulot.

#Monsieur Hulot's Holiday #Jacques Tati

[filmbook21]

#Mr. Hulot's Holiday #Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot #Jacques Tati #1953

[jasonsutekh]

Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (Mr. Hulot’s Holiday) (1953)

A man goes on holiday to a hotel by the beach but can’t help causing trouble for the other guests.

This movie doesn’t focus on sending a particular message. Many of the scenes appear simply to create a serene quality as we watch the holiday guests try to enjoy themselves. In this way it is almost avant garde as it elevates the mundane trivialities of life away from home into a spectacle, with a few gags thrown in to break up the tedium.

It’s really a very early and far less successful incarnation of Mr. Bean; even some of the jokes may have been adapted by the later show from this film. The comedy doesn’t work so well since even in the scenes where the gags come faster, the pace still drags and the jokes aren’t especially clever.

Rather than having planned sketches where the humour develops or in which it leads the story somewhere, it’s closer to a string fo minor inconveniences that show where the entertainment should be, with one actual source of amusement involving fireworks so that it actually builds up to something. The most entertaining aspect is that it’s an homage to silent comedy stars.

The biggest weakness is that it’s terribly slow. Even if 20 minutes of it were a pre-movie sketch to fill in the time before a real picture, it’d still drag and be confusing as to why the audience would wish to see long periods of nothing in particular occurring. It might have made a more enjoyable experience as a purely historical documentary.

2/10 -It’s not THE worst, that’s something else. But…-

-The film Mr. Bean’s Holiday (2007) is heavily influenced by this film and is also set in France.

-A statue of Hulot is now on the promenade where the film was shot.

-The director made revisions and re-edits to the film up to as late as 1978.

#Film #Review #Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot #Mr Hulot's Holiday #1953 #Comedy #JasonSutekh

[brenluke]

The twelfth drawing in a series exploring the films of Jacques Tati. - 'Monsieur Hulot's Holiday ' Ink and on bristolboard, 32x25cm Bren Luke, 2023.

#bren luke #illustration #drawing #art #pen and ink #crosshatching #artists on tumblr #illustrators on tumblr #jacques tati #monsieur hulot #monsieur hulot's holliday

[tinybrightthings]

20 Classic Films to Give You Vintage Summery Vibes

(Or to help you romanticize the season, if you're not a big fan of it, like me.)

*I went for anything pre-1980 for those who were looking for something more on the vintage/retro side. I also tried to pick from a selection of different genres to suit whatever mood you might be in.

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Comedy:

Gidget (1959)

Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday/Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953)

The Parent Trap (1961)

The Seven Year Itch (1955)

You're Only Young Once (1937)

Drama/Thriller/Suspense:

Key Largo (1948)

Marjorie Morningstar (1958)

Picnic (1955)

Rear Window (1954)

To Catch a Thief (1955)

Horror/Sci-fi:

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

Jaws (1975)

Piranha (1978)

Musical:

Beach Party (1963)

Grease (1978)

Moon Over Miami (1941)

State Fair (1945)

State Fair (1962)

Summer Stock (1950)

Viva Las Vegas (1964)

#gosh I'm ngl; trying to find specifically summery films that weren't modern ones was surprisingly difficult #I'm still amazed I could come up with 20 #I'm sure I'm missed some though; so feel free to add on! :) #vintage movies #vintage films #classic movies #classic films #film recommendations #summer movies #summer films #Marylin Monroe #Grace Kelly #Disney

[monsterintheballroom]

Interview, well it´s more like a questionaire under the cut :-)

Dame Penelope Wilton: ‘My worst holiday was in Scotland’

The actress, 76, on tenacity, boarding schools and collecting art for the sake of it

Penelope Wilton is a multi-award-winning actress across stage and screen, who is best known for her role as Isobel Crawley in ITV’s Downton Abbey. Twice divorced, she has a daughter and two grandchildren, and lives in London. 

Best childhood memory?

I was five and my parents were moving house, so I was sent to stay with a great-aunt in Harrogate, as it was too much for my mother to look after me as well as my two-year-old sister Linda and my older sister Rosemary during the move. When it was time for me to go home, I was put on the train with the guard in his van. I then had to change trains at a station where my father was going to meet me. He ran down the platform and picked me up and I had him to myself for the whole journey on the other train. I was in heaven at the thrill of it all, because I adored him. To me, there was nothing more wonderful, as I was selfish about sharing him with my two sisters. 

Best subject at school?

History, which I still like now. I was never very good at school as I was slightly dyslexic, so my written work was frightful, but I really enjoyed history and still love good period biographies. As a little girl, I had gone to an extremely good convent school. But because my mother became ill, I then went to two terrible boarding schools with not very good teachers; anything I’ve learnt, I’ve taught myself. So I’ve always had a slight inferiority complex about my education. However, being an actor is a fascinating education in itself, as you are researching every­thing you do. So it set me on a path to find out about things. 

Best trait?

Tenacity: you have to stick with things, as a career, and life itself, obviously has its ups and downs. I almost gave up acting in my 20s as one theatre director was such a bully. I was so demoralised, because you’re not confident when you’re young – or I certainly wasn’t. I was also diminished by authority at school, but the experiences taught me that you have to fight that tyranny. Bullies like that don’t exist now in my industry; people nowadays wouldn’t put up with it. 

Best possession?

I can’t say my daughter and grandchildren because I don’t possess them, even though they are the most important things in my life. But I have a number of paintings of which I’m fond, particularly one by Winifred Nicholson. It’s a picture of Brittany with two Breton ladies, and a little white and grey house with a sandy track in front. It’s very charming and restful to look at. I collect art for its own sake: when I’ve made a bit of money, I buy a painting rather than anything else. Although I can’t buy any more as I can’t fit them in my house.

Best decision?

Having my daughter, Alice, who was quite a survivor as a baby. I’ve got a very nice son-in-law and two lovely grandchildren. Daniel is 10 and Ella is six; they show no sign of the acting gene, but she’s a good painter and he’s good at writing stories. 

Best film/play?

The best film when I was a child was Jacques Tati’s Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday. The ones I’ve liked best as an adult are by Scorsese and Spielberg. I’ve just watched The Godfather again, such a marvellous film. And anything with the late Lino Ventura in it, the Italian actor who starred in many French films. He was heaven. As for plays, I’m very fond of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing – I’ve played Beatrice – and also Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea and Christopher Hampton’s The Philanthropist.

Best moment?

When I saw my daughter for the first time; she’s a theatre producer now. My first child, a boy, had been stillborn at 29 weeks. And Alice was only 2lb 9oz when she was born at 30 weeks, but she survived and it was wonderful: the best production of all.  

Worst childhood memory?

Being sent away to school when I was eight and then again when I was 11. I told my parents I hated it, but my mother was very ill and couldn’t cope with the three of us girls. I was too cowed by authority at the time; and I could only go home at half term, which was just a long weekend, anyway. You did get letters from your family, though – and eventually I got used to it. But there was never any chance of me sending my daughter to board, though I think Daniel would be happy to do so now, because he’s very sociable. 

Worst habit?

I’m very anxious about timekeeping, so I’m always very early and make a fuss if I think I’m going to be late. It’s because of what I do: as an actor, if you’re late, missing your cue is the worst thing that can happen to you. The play can’t start until you’re all there – you can’t phone in your performance. It’s a nightmare. I even got lost once on the way to the theatre.

Worst subject at school?

I never got the hang of maths: it was because of the teaching, they weren’t very good. It’s a very logical subject, so you mustn’t miss a brick in the building. I would still like to master it one day.

Worst job?

A television drama called The Song of Songs, in 1973: it was about the demimonde in Vienna at the turn of the last ­century. The director was a terrible bully – another one – and a ­horrible man. My drama school, the Drama Centre London, had taught me to stand up for myself and have a voice, but that wasn’t allowed on this set. And the rest of the cast were mostly much older than me. 

Worst holiday?

I went to Scotland as a young teenager with my family because my father loved fishing, but it rained the entire time. We traipsed round historic houses a lot as there was nothing else to do while it rained so incessantly. It wasn’t completely horrible as we were together as a family – and Dad had a lovely time because the weather was good for catching fish. But if you’re an adolescent, castles get a bit boring. 

Worst thing about modern life?

The extremes: no one seems to listen to anybody else. There’s no compromise, even though life is about compromise. Social media is a wonderful thing in some respects, but not when it’s having a malign influence on young people. I’m on WhatsApp for the family, but generally it wastes time when I could be doing something else. As for mobile phones, people are ­better about turning them off in the theatre now, but it used to happen a lot – and it was incredibly offputting when they went off. I would find my voice rising to try to hide the sound.

The absolute worst?

The loss of my elder sister Rosemary 18 months ago from the effects of Covid was the worst, because your sibling is in your life the longest of all your family members. Her death is still very fresh to me, so these are sad times. She was seven years older than me and had started to fall a lot, so she was not in a good state to catch Covid. Although she actually got over the virus, she had to go into hospital because her breathing was not good – and she caught a chest infection there. She was a brilliant woman and a wonderful television producer for the BBC’s Arena arts programmes, such as The RKO Story.

#penelope wilton #downton abbey

[thesludgeofbabylon]

Top 100 Films

Just wanted to put this somewhere for the sake of documentation, might do this once a year to see how much the overall list changes.

Not ranked, but the list is done by release date, earliest to most recent. Includes short and feature length films (plus one TV series, and two serials, if you want to be specific):

• The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912), dir. D.W. Griffith

• Fantômas (1913), dir. Louis Feuillade

• Les Vampires (1915), dir. Louis Feuillade

• The Doll (1919), dir. Ernst Lubitsch

• Foolish Wives (1922), dir. Erich von Stroheim

• Sherlock, Jr. (1924), dir. Buster Keaton

• Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild’s Revenge (1924), dir. Fritz Lang

• Greed (1924), dir. Erich von Stroheim

• The Last Laugh (1924), dir. F. W. Murnau

• The Gold Rush (1925), dir. Charlie Chaplin

• The General (1926), dir. Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman

• Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), dir. F. W. Murnau

• The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer

• The Docks of New York (1928), dir. Josef von Sternberg

• The Wedding March (1928), dir. Erich von Stroheim

• Man with a Movie Camera (1929), Dziga Vertov

• M (1931), dir. Fritz Lang

• Vampyr (1932), dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer

• I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), dir. Mervyn LeRoy

• Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), dir. Mervyn LeRoy, Bubsy Berkeley

• L’Atalante (1934), dir. Jean Vigo

• The Scarlet Empress (1934), dir. Josef von Sternberg

• The Thin Man (1934), dir. W.S. Van Dyke

• The Only Son (1936), dir. Yasujirō Ozu 

• Citizen Kane (1941), dir. Orson Welles

• Now, Voyager (1942), dir. Irving Rapper

• Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), dir. Maya Deren

• Day of Wrath (1943), dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer

• At Land (1944), dir. Maya Deren

• Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944), dir. Sergei Eisenstein

• Notorious (1946), dir. Alfred Hitchcock

• Sunset Boulevard (1950), dir. Billy Wilder

• Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953), dir. Jacques Tati

• The Wages of Fear (1953), dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot

• The Big Heat (1953), dir. Fritz Lang

• The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954), dir. Kenneth Anger

• Rear Window (1954), dir. Alfred Hitchcock

• Ordet (1955), dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer

• A Man Escaped (1956), dir. Robert Bresson

• Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars’ Plot (1958), dir. Sergei Eisenstein

• La Dolce Vita (1960), dir. Federico Fellini

• L’Avventura (1960), dir. Michelangelo Antonioni

• La Notte (1961), dir. Michelangelo Antonioni

• L’Eclisse (1962), dir. Michelangelo Antonioni

• The Exterminating Angel (1962), dir. Luis Buñuel

• Mothlight (1963), dir. Stan Brakhage

• Red Desert (1964), dir. Michelangelo Antonioni

• Gertrud (1964), dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer

• The War Game (1966), dir. Peter Watkins

• Au Hasard Balthazar (1966), dir. Robert Bresson

• Daisies (1966), dir. Věra Chytilová

• Lemon (1969), dir. Hollis Frampton

• The Conformist (1970), dir. Bernardo Bertolucci 

• The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), dir. Luis Buñuel

• F for Fake (1973), dir. Orson Welles

• Lancelot of the Lake (1974), dir. Robert Bresson

• A Woman Under the Influence (1974), dir. John Cassavetes

• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). dir. Tobe Hooper

• House (1977), dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi 

• Stalker (1979), dir. Andrei Tarkovsky

• Nostalgia (1983), dir. Andrei Tarkovsky

• L’Argent (1983), dir. Robert Bresson 

• Blue Velvet (1986), dir. David Lynch

• Heathers (1989), dir. Michael Lehmann

• Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), dir. Hayao Miyazaki

• Baraka (1992), dir. Ron Fricke

• Satantango (1994), dir. Béla Tarr

• A Confucian Confusion (1994), dir. Edward Yang

• Chungking Express (1994), dir. Wong Kar-Wai

• Ed Wood (1994), dir. Tim Burton

• Whisper of the Heart (1995), dir. Yoshifumi Kondo

• Showgirls (1995), dir. Paul Verhoeven 

• Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997), dir. Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki

• Gummo (1997), dir. Harmony Korine

• The Big Lebowski (1998), dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen 

• Outer Space (1999), dir. Peter Tscherkassky

• Beau Travail (1999), dir. Claire Denis

• Julien Donkey-Boy (1999), dir. Harmony Korine

• Yi Yi (2000), dir. Edward Yang

• Dancer in the Dark (2000), dir. Lars von Trier

• The Piano Teacher (2001), dir. Michael Haneke

• Mulholland Drive (2001), dir. David Lynch

• What Time Is It There? (2001), dir. Tsai Ming-liang

• Memories of Murder (2003), dir. Bong Joon-ho

• The Matrix Reloaded (2003), dir. Lily Wachowski, Lana Wachowski  

• The Village (2004), dir. M. Night Shyamalan

• Caché (2005), dir. Michael Haneke

• Southland Tales (2006), dir. Richard Kelly

• Inland Empire (2006), dir. David Lynch

• Zodiac (2007), dir. David Fincher

• The White Ribbon (2009), dir. Michael Haneke

• The Turin Horse (2011), dir. Béla Tarr

• Five Broken Cameras (2012), dir. Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi

• The Master (2012), dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

• Spring Breakers (2012), dir. Harmony Korine

• Song to Song (2017), dir. Terrence Malick

• Twin Peaks: The Return (2017), dir. David Lynch

• The Favourite (2018), dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

• Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), dir. Céline Sciamma

• We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2021), dir. Jane Schoenbrun

(10/4/23)

#favourite films #top 100 #ranking #films #world cinema #classic hollywood #arthouse #list

[warningsine]

3, 6, 10, 22, 24, 27, 28

3. Any old school favorites (pre-70s)?

A very broad question. To mention some:

"Shanghai Express" dir. Josef von Sternberg

"The House Is Black" dir. Forough Farrokhzad

"Cléo from 5 to 7" dir. Agnès Varda

"The Trial" dir. Orson Welles

"The Hitch-Hiker" dir. Ida Lupino

"The 400 Blows" dir. François Truffaut

"Rocco and His Brothers" dir. Luchino Visconti

"The Red Shoes" dir. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

"The Third Man" dir. Carol Reed

"Double Indemnity" dir. Billy Wilder

"Ajantrik" dir. Ritwik Ghatak

"Bicycle Thieves" dir. Vittorio De Sica

"Pather Panchali" dir. Satyajit Ray

"Viridiana" dir. Luis Buñuel

"Accattone" dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini

"Black Girl" dir. Ousmane Sembène

"Uski Roti" dir. Mani Kaul

"Black God, White Devil" dir. Glauber Rocha

"I Am Cuba" dir. Mikhail Kalatozov

"The Hand" dir. Jiří Trnka

"The Fireman's Ball" dir. Miloš Forman

"Daisies" dir. Věra Chytilová

"Meditation on Violence" dir. Maya Deren

"The Battle of Algiers" dir. Gillo Pontecorvo

"Andrei Rublev" dir. Andrei Tarkovsky

"Shadows of our Forgotten Ancestors" dir. Sergei Parajanov

"Boy" dir. Nagisa Oshima

"Persona" dir. Ingmar Bergman

"Love and Crime" dir. Teruo Ishii

"The Insect Woman" dir. Shōhei Imamura

"La perla" dir. Emilio Fernández

"Cairo Station" dir. Youssef Chahine

"Throne of Blood" dir. Akira Kurosawa

"Touch of Evil" dir. Orson Welles

"Paper Flowers" dir. Guru Dutt

"The Passion of Joan of Arc" dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer

"A Page of Madness" dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa

"Tokyo Story" dir. Yasujirō Ozu

"Chikamatsu Monogatari" dir. Kenji Mizoguchi

"Les Enfants du Paradis" dir. Marcel Carné

"La Grande Illusion" dir. Jean Renoir

"Bringing Up Baby" dir. Howard Hawks

"Rome, Open City" dir. Roberto Rossellini

"City Lights" dir. Charlie Chaplin

"Monsieur Hulot's Holiday" dir. Jacques Tati

"Sunset Boulevard" and "Some Like It Hot" dir. Billy Wilder

6. Favorite movie from the 90’s?

Some of them:

"The Apple" dir. Samira Makhmalbaf

"Crows" dir. Dorota Kędzierzawska

"A Moment of Innocence" dir. Mohsen Makhmalba

"And Life Goes On" dir. Abbas Kiarostami

"The Piano" dir. Jane Campion

"Days of Being Wild" dir. Wong Kar-wai

"Irma Vep" dir. Olivier Assayas

"Vive L'Amour" dir. Tsai Ming-liang

"Humanité" dir. Bruno Dumont

"Beau travail" dir. Claire Denis

10. Favorite animated movie?

Already answered this.

22. Favorite Disney movie?

"The Lion King"

24. Movie that makes you cry every time?

"Call Me By Your Name"

"Brokeback Mountain"

"Portrait of a Lady on Fire"

"Aimée & Jaguar"

"The Farewell"

"My Sister's Keeper"

among others.

27. Top 5 actors?

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Shahab Hosseini

Marcello Mastroianni

Song Kang-ho

Jean-Louis Trintignant

28. Top 5 actresses?

Cruel question, but I'll go with:

Isabelle Huppert

Setsuko Hara

Smita Patil

Anna Magnani

Hedieh Tehrani

#anon #film meme #meme #personal #cinema #long post

[dweemeister]

2022 Movie Odyssey

Well, it’s another record set for the the latest date that this list has ever appeared. As per tradition on this blog, this is the complete list of films I saw for the first time in their entirety over the last calendar year. They are listed in the order of completion and with a respective rating out of ten from me. Each rating (my ratings system and eligibility rules are explained here) is based on my personal imdb rating. All half-points are rounded down.

March was defined entirely by my blog’s annual 31 Days of Oscar marathon (in which I limit myself to watching films nominated for an Academy Award or Honorary Academy Award winning films). June and early July were defined almost entirely by viewing submissions for Viet Film Fest - which contributed heavily to the amount of short films (one will notice tons of MGM short films and Popeye as well; the latter I believe I will be completing later in 2023) seen this year.

In sum, I saw 207 films that were new to me in 2021 (a sharp decline from 329 in 2021). 116 of those were features (films defined as forty-one minutes or longer); 91 were short films (forty minutes or shorter). My yearly goal to watch more pre-1980 films than 1980 and after - so as to ensure that I my viewing habits are well-rounded, chronologically - failed for the first time in at least eleven years. Among features, I saw six more features released 1980 and after. Adding both features and shorts, the deficit was nineteen. My professional situation in the second half of the year did not help matters.

What follows is the entire list of the 2022 Movie Odyssey:

JANUARY

The Fly’s Last Flight (1949 short) – 6/10

All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) – 7.5/10

Hilda and Mountain King (2021) – 7/10

Babes in Toyland (1961) – 6/10

Sidewalk Stories (1989) – 8.5/10

The Donut King (2020) – 7.5/10

The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) – 9.5/10

Baby Wants Spinach (1950 short) – 6/10

Chicana (1979 short) – 6/10

Start Cheering (1938) – 6/10

Ladies of the Chorus (1949) – 6.5/10

Drive My Car (2021, Japan) – 10/10

Belle (2021, Japan) – 6/10

La bestia debe morir (The Beast Must Die) (1952, Argentina) – 9.5/10

The Stork’s Holiday (1943 short) – 5/10

Beach Peach (1950 short) – 6/10

American Revolution 2 (1969) – 6/10

The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971) – 8/10

Big Fella (1937) – 5.5/10

What Price Fleadom (1948 short) – 6/10

A Hero (2021, Iran) – 7.5/10

Nightmare Alley (1947) – 9/10

Flee (2021) – 8.5/10

One Ham’s Family (1943 short) – 6/10

FEBRUARY

Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953, France) – 7.5/10

The Doll (1919, Germany) – 9/10

Father Goose (1964) – 7/10

Death on the Nile (2022) – 6/10

MARCH (31 Days of Oscar)

Audible (2021 short) – 8/10

When We Were Bullies (2021 short) – 6/10

On My Mind (2021 short, Denmark) – 6.5/10

Please Hold (2020 short) – 8/10

The Dress (2020 short, Poland) – 7.5/10

The Long Goodbye (2020 short) – 6/10

Ala Kachuu – Take and Run (2020 short, Switzerland/Kyrgyzstan) – 8/10

Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom (2015, Ukraine) – 7.5/10

Gentleman’s Agreement (1947) – 7/10

Three Songs for Benazir (2021 short, Afghanistan) – 7.5/10

Lead Me Home (2021 short) – 7/10

The Queen of Basketball (2021 short) – 8.5/10

A Mighty Wind (2003) – 7/10

The Ladykillers (1955) – 9.5/10

A Patch of Blue (1965) – 9/10

Robin Robin (2021 short) – 8.5/10

Boxballet (2020 short) – 7.5/10

Affairs of the Art (2021 short) – 6.5/10

Bestia (2021 short, Chile) – 8/10

The Windshield Wiper (2021 short) – 7/10

Nightmare Alley (2021) – 7/10

Midnight Express (1978) – 6/10

Don’t Look Up (2021) – 4/10

The Power of the Dog (2021) – 8.5/10

CODA (2021) – 7/10

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) – 6.5/10

King Richard (2021) – 7.5/10

Loves of a Blonde (1965, Czechoslovakia) – 8/10

APRIL

Love Me or Leave Me (1955) – 6.5/10

The Batman (2022) – 8/10

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – 8.5/10

Mahapurush (The Holy Man) (1965, India) – 6/10

Penny Serenade (1941) – 7.5/10

The Proud Valley (1940) – 7/10

The Oyster Princess (1919, Germany) – 7.5/10

When the Cat’s Away (1935 short) – 6/10

Turning Red (2022) – 7/10

Bull Durham (1988) – 7/10

Pillow Talk (1959) – 8/10

The Ancestral (2022, Vietnam) – 4/10

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) – 8/10

Anaïs in Love (2021, France) – 6/10

MAY (VFF submissions marked with asterisk)

Time After Time (1979) – 7/10

Memoria (2021, Colombia) – 7/10

An Inn in Tokyo (1935, Japan) – 7.5/10

Lady on a Train (1945) – 6/10

Petite Maman (2021, France) – 9/10

Gym Jam (1950 short) – 6/10

How Green is My Spinach (1950 short) – 7/10

Bi, Don’t Be Afraid (Bi, đừng sợ!) (2010, Vietnam) – 6/10

Jitterbug Jive (1950 short) – 6/10

Popeye Makes a Movie (1950 short) – 5/10

Footy Legends (2006) – 7/10

Ganashatru (An Enemy of the People (1989, India) – 7/10

Quick on the Vigor (1950 short) – 6/10

Rio in Rhythm (1950 short) – 8/10

Let’s Stalk Spinach (1951 short) – 6/10

Container (2021 short, Canada) – 8/10*

Free Your Mind (2021 short) – experimental film; score withheld*

Why Am I Still Alive? (2019 short, Canada) – 6.5/10*

No Man of Her Own (1950) – 7.5/10

Double-Cross Country Race (1951 short) – 5.5/10

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) – 7/10

Alpine for You (1951 short) – 6.5/10

The Farmer and the Belle (1950 short) – 6/10

Punch and Judo (1951 short) – 7/10

Thrill of Fair (1951 short) – 6/10

Antonio Gaudí (1984) – 6.5/10

Go for Broke! (1951) – 6.5/10

Spellbound (2002) – 7/10

JUNE

Gomenasai (2022 short) – score withheld*

Love, Laugh, Doom, Tears (2021 short) – 6.5/10*

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (2021, Japan) – 6.5/10

ALETHEIA (2022 short) – 6/10*

Vacation with Play (1951 short) – 6/10

good enough (2021 short) – 6/10*

Granny Boot Camp (2022 short) – 7/10*

Closing Time (2021 short) – 4/10*

A Realm of Return (2020, Canada) – 6/10*

Trespasser (2022 short) – 6/10*

Cà Phê 179 (2021 short, Canada) – 5/10*

Mabel (2022 short) – 7/10*

A Crack in the Mountain (2022) – 8/10*

Luv, Me (2021 short) – 7/10*

All I Ever Wanted (2021 short) – 7/10*

Exposed (2020 short) – 6/10*

Project Lullaby: CHOICE (2021 short) – experimental film; score withheld*

MiMi (2022 short, Vietnam) – 6.5/10*

Monkey in the Middle (2022 short, Vietnam) – 6/10*

Crouching Comic (2021 short) – 7/10*

Niềm đam mê (La passion) (2021 short, France) – 7/10*

Spring Roll Dream (2022 short, United Kingdom) – 8/10*

Me (Mom) (2019 short) – 7/10*

After Taste (2022 short, Vietnam) – 5.5/10*

Popeye’s Pappy (1952 short) – 5/10

Lightyear (2022) – 6/10

Friend or Phony (1952 short) – 5/10

Iris (2022 short) – 7/10*

Stinkfrucht (Taste of Home) (2022 short, Germany) – 8/10*

The Greatest Poem (2022 short) – 7/10*

Breakdown (2022 short) – 6/10*

Thuy & T. (2021 short) – experimental film; score withheld*

Talk to Me (2022 short) – 7/10*

Places and Times (2022 short) – 7/10*

It Was Time to Reconnect (2022 short) – 6/10*

The Aberrant (2022 short) – 6/10*

Thunderclouds (2022 short) – 7/10*

Fourth Block (2022 short) – 6.5/10*

My Mother’s Daughter (2022 short) – 7/10*

Mai Tell-Tale (2022 short) – 5/10*

Đêm Tối Rực Rỡ! (The Brilliant Darkness!) (2022, Vietnam) – 6.5/10*

Elvis (2022) – 6.5/10

Big Bad Sindbad (1952 short) – 5/10

Once Upon a Bridge in Vietnam (2022, France) – 6/10*

Buffalo Boy (2004, Vietnam) – 7.5/10

The Wiz (1978) – 6/10

Maika (2022, Vietnam) – 6.5/10*

Jimmy in Saigon (2022) – 7/10*

JULY

Memento Mori: Earth (2022, Vietnam) – 7.5/10*

Children of the Mist (2021, Vietnam) – 8/10*

Side Seeing: The Movie (2022, Vietnam) – 4/10*

Camouflage – Vietnamese Brush Strokes with History (2018) – 6/10*

Tiệc Trăng Máu (Blood Moon Party) (2020, Vietnam) – 7/10*

The Rescuers (1977) – 6/10

My Vietnam (2022) – 4/10*

Memoryland (2021, Vietnam) – 6.5/10*

Popalong Popeye (1952 short) – 6/10

The Black Cauldron (1985) – 4/10

Nope (2022) – 7/10

Shuteye Popeye (1952 short) – 6/10

Swimmer Take All (1952 short) – 6/10

Tots of Fun (1952 short) – 7/10

Oliver & Company (1988) – 5/10

AUGUST

The Rescuers Down Under (1990) – 6/10

The Prince and the Pauper (1990 short) – 6/10

The Gang’s All Here (1943) – 6/10

The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) – 7.5/10

Three Women (1924) – 6/10

SEPTEMBER

Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) – 7/10

Pressure Point (1962) – 6/10

See How They Run (2022) – 7/10

The Woman King (2022) – 7/10

OCTOBER

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1949) – 6/10

Babes in Arms (1939) – 6/10

Meet Danny Wilson (1952) – 6/10

The Scapular (1968, Mexico) – 7.5/10

Misterios de ultratumba (Black Pit of Dr. M) (1959, Mexico) – 7/10

The Masque of Red Death (1964) – 7/10

Two Boobs in a Balloon (1935 short) – 6.5/10

Nut Guilty (1936 short) – 6/10

The Red House (1947) – 7/10

NOVEMBER

El vampiro negro (1953, Argentina) – 7.5/10

Minnie the Moocher (1942 short) – 7/10

9 to 5 (1980) – 7.5/10

The World at Their Feet (1970) – 7.5/10

The Grandmother (1970 short) – experimental film; score withheld

Le Million (1931, France) – 7.5/10

Two Billion Hearts (1995) – 7/10

Ancient Fistory (1953 short) – 6/10

The Fabelmans (2022) – 8/10

Shaving Muggs (1953 short) – 6/10

Baby Wants a Bottle (1953 short) – 6/10

Johnny Guitar (1954) – 7/10

Glass Onion (2022) – 7.5/10

Popeye, the Ace of Space (1953) – 6/10

Island in the Sun (1957) – 6/10

DECEMBER

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) – 8/10

Firemen’s Brawl (1953 short) – 6/10

Popeye’s Mirthday (1953 short) – 6/10

Toreadorable (1953 short) – 5/10

Bride and Gloom (1954 short) – 5/10

Fright to the Finish (1954 short) – 7/10

Greek Mirthology (1954 short – 6/10

Popeye’s 20th Anniversary (1954 short) – 5/10

Private Eye Popeye (1954 short) – 6/10

Taxi-Turvy (1954 short) – 6/10

A Job for a Gob (1955 short) – 6/10

Mister and Mistletoe (1955 short) – 6/10

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) – 7.5/10

So closes out, finally, the 2022 Movie Odyssey. Thanks to you all for being a part, whichever ways large or small, of it.

#My Movie Odyssey

[pygartheangel]

#monsieur hulot's holiday #jacques tati #movie poster

[1001framesofmind]

In Praise of Ice-cream and Friendship

Out of nowhere, a small hand holding a note shows up. A second hand then joins the festivity to get the ice-cream cones from the kindest, quietest ice-cream seller in the world. And now the adventure of preserving those two jewels begins, step-by-step, walking up the stairway with the utmost care. Finally, there he is! At the door of the guest house where a friend is waiting to accompany him after this joyful triumph. The simple but impressive background music, which helps to shape the whole sequence, cannot be taken for granted.

One cone for you, the other for me keep my company in this glee

🎞film: Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) 🎬director: Jacques Tati 🟣🟣🟣🟣⚪️

#jacques tati #friendship #ice cream #movie scenes #Youtube

[wimpcutlet]

cool list of movies that I think rock

1 beatles yellow submarine

2 princess mononoke

3 zulu

4 groundhog day

5 mr fantastic

6 interstellar

7 kung fu hustle

8 drunken master 1 and 2

9 Monsieur hulot's holiday

10 stop making sense

#blog #list

[inapat17]

Traditions in transition: cinematic perspectives on the modernization of post-war societies (3/4)

The following article is the third in a four-part series looking at how cinema depicts post-war societies’ transformations, and more precisely the transition from a traditional society to a modern one. You can read each article separately, so there’s no need to worry if you haven’t read the previous one yet. Just know that if you are eager for more, you can find it HERE. 

In order to examine our topic from all angles, every article of this series will be dedicated to a separate movie, each originating from a different country. Since context is essential to better understand what lies beneath images, and thus propose an in-depth analysis, I will always start by introducing the director and the significant historical events surrounding the films’ releases. 

Part 3. My Uncle (Mon oncle, Jacques Tati, 1958)

Today, I deal with Jacques Tati’s comedy My Uncle (Mon oncle, 1958), which offers a satirical critique of the late 1950s societal transformations in France. A time marked by rapid modernization and economic growth, commonly referred to as the Trente Glorieuses (The Glorious Thirty). This period spanned from the aftermath of the Second World War to the 1973 oil crisis, and saw France transitioning from a war-torn country to one embracing new technologies and suburbanization. 

My Uncle's Trailer

Jacques Tati, born Jacques Tatischeff in 1907, is a brilliant filmmaker, known for encapsulating in his work these mid-20th century profound changes and turning them into comical situations. By the time My Uncle was released, Tati had already made a significant mark with his previous films, particularly with his alter ego character Mr. Hulot. 

After his first appearance in Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot, 1953), Tati’s alter ego makes a major comeback in My Uncle. The film follows the adventures of the charming but bumbling Mr. Hulot, as he struggles to adapt to the modern and mechanized postwar world. My Uncle’s narrative unfolds through a series of sketches that juxtapose Hulot’s chaotic existence in his quirky neighborhood, and his visits to his sister Mrs. Arpel. The latter resides with her husband and her son in a sleek, ultra-modern house filled with ridiculous gadgets. His young nephew, Gérard, finds solace in Hulot’s eccentric company. In this way, Tati portrays Hulot as a relic of a disappearing world, endearing with his mannerisms that contrast sharply with Gérard’s parents' boring, sterile and unoriginal lifestyle. 

My Uncle, Jacques Tati, 1958

Tati’s genius lies in his ability to convey complex themes, through audio and visual elements rather than dialogue. One example of this is the exaggerated noises of Arpel family’s modern appliances contrasting with the natural sounds of Hulot’s neighborhood. The use of sound is not only for comic effects, it helps underscore the dissonance between the two worlds. Also, the Arpel family’s villa is a character in its own right and serves as a humorous critique of modern pretensions. Its stark, geometric architecture and automated gadgets symbolize the Glorious Thirty’s obsession with progress and efficiency. 

Mr. Hulot's neighborhood

The villa offers a wide range of comical possibilities. Scenes such as Hulot’s encounters with modern and automatic furniture are meticulously choreographed. Everyday actions are turned into derision, revealing the absurdity of excessive modernization. 

My uncle was widely acclaimed, earning Tati the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1959, thus solidifying his place in cinematic history. His next film, Playtime, explores further the absurdities of modern urban life, through the misadventures of Mr. Hulot in a hyper-organized, almost futuristic Paris. 

Once again, thank you for your support. See you in June, for the last article of this series. 

Ruth Sarfati

#Jacques Tati #Mon oncle #My Uncle #french cinema #post war #modernity #The Glorious Thirty #sound design #ruth sarfati

[stilllifesposts]

MONSIEUR HULOT'S HOLIDAY 1953

Director: Jacques Tati

France | French | 89 mins

#Hulot's Holiday 1953 Tati

[ryuryuryuyurboat]

hi ryuu ₍ᐢ. ̫.ᐢ₎ 1 + 11 + 46 for the ask game !

hii jade ヽ(>∀<☆)ノ thank you for asking !

1: who are your comfort characters? hmm ok i will say genshin characters: xiao, yunjin, fischl and freminet :D i was soooo tempted to get a fischl plushie HAHAHAKJSHDF unfortunately i was too broke to even be able to spend a single cent 😔💔

11: favourite extracurricular activity? you expect me to choose? hmm as at this point it's between stargazing and writing!! omg geminids shower is in like 10 days my camera is so ready teehee

46: fav holiday film? OOH OOH I GOT ONE!! les vacances de monsieur hulot (mr hulot's holiday) :D it's a comedy film (in black&white) about mr hulot going to the beach for a holiday but he ends up unknowingly creating chaos for everyone in his vicinity and i found it an absolutely hilarious film!! i think it's also really suitable for families/friends to watch if yall just wanna have a good laugh together :>

#𖦹*ੈ‧transmission received #signed: jade⋆.ೃ࿔*:･