Name: Film Screening: Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Start: 2024-10-04T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-04T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Ruskin House

Film Screening: Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

Ruskin House Film Screen

Jacques Tati's acclaimed comedy masterpiece.

Ruskin House

<h3>Grand Prix of International Critics - Cannes Film Festival, 1953</h3> <blockquote>‘I search for my characters. I am a great believer in the importance of gestures,</blockquote><blockquote>the way a man moves. With me, words don’t count for much.’ Jacques Tati</blockquote><blockquote>'A clown of genius who founded his art on rigorous observation.' James Harding, ('Jacques Tati - Frame by Frame')</blockquote><blockquote>'A career triumphant beyond compare in comic quality.' Penelope Gilliatt, London Review of Books</blockquote> Jacques Tati, writer and director, also plays Monsieur Hulot - one of cinema's immortal comic characters. A sleepy seaside resort, amid the cliffs of Brittany, is awoken by the arrival of holidaymakers, including Hulot. Humour and visual satire arise from his accident-prone pursuits, inadvertently disturbing guests at the Hôtel de la Plage.Tati was a perfectionist who took infinite care of the details in his films. He based them on rigorous observation of people's mannerisms, gently mocking the absurd. To achieve realism, he generally used non-professional actors. There’s no plot and little dialogue – Hulot speaks once – just minor background chatter in French and English. But the soundtrack is carefully crafted and important, such as the impact of his 1924 Amilcar. The wistful score by Alain Romans perfectly captures the relaxed holiday atmosphere. The film has delighted cinema audiences around the world since it was first released in 1953.The screening is an excellent HD restoration of Tati’s 1978 edit of Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday.This is an opportunity to see one of the most original and hilarious films ever made.France | 1953 | B&amp;W | 88 mins | HD restoration

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