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TODAY'S MOVIE

MON ONCLE (1958). More Jaques Tati. His second film. A lot of very original sight gags that are reprised in creative ways. He is constantly amusing and not one bit of angry or violent humor. In this one, he is the fun uncle who lives 'across the tracks' from his nephew's parent's very fashionable, modern, totally automated home. The home gives lots of sketch opps.

There are also a lot of dogs that move in and out of the 'story'; actually, no story just a series of situations that have a forward thrust. He uses the dogs the same way that he used people and kids in his films. There are a lot of them in one scene all doing a lot of stuff. You could really watch these films over and over. It is all good. 4 out of Netflix5.

This is a relief from the BestFilms routine. We will see no more Tati for now on rental; alas, HOLIDAY and ONCLE are the only ones on DVD. I am looking into buying some of them. This photo is from his first film: TOUR DE FETE which I am going to get on VHS. It is out of print, so we will try the adventure of used VHS from Amazon. Used books work good. I don't do eBay.