Trafic: The Criterion Collection (DVD)
APPROX. 97 MINS. - PROD. YEAR: 1971 - MPA RATING: NR
DVD Specifications
| Release date: | Jul 15, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | Criterion/Voyager |
| Year: | 1971 |
| Video: | Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 |
| Audio: |
French: Dolby Digital 1.0 |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Subtitles: | English |
Special Features
- Disc One:
- - New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- - Interview from 1971 with the cast of "Trafic," from the French television program "Le journal du cinema"
- - "The Comedy of Jacques Tati", a 1973 episode of the French television program "Morceaux de bravoure"
- - Theatrical trailer
- - New and improved English subtitle translation
- Disc Two:
- - "In the Footsteps of M. Hulot" (1989), a two-part documentary by Sophie Tatischeff tracing the evolution of Tati's beloved alter ego
- - PLUS: A new essay by film critic Jonathan Romney
Synopsis
In Jacques Tati's "Trafic," the bumbling Monsieur Hulot, outfitted as always with tan raincoat, beaten brown hat, and umbrella, takes to Paris's highways and byways. For this, his final outing, Hulot is employed as an auto company's director of design, and accompanies his new vehicle (a camper tricked out in all sorts of absurd gadgetry) to an auto show in Amsterdam. Naturally, the road is paved with modern-age mishaps. This late-career delight is a masterful demonstration of the comic genius's expert timing and sidesplitting visual gags, and a bemused last look at technology run amok.Cast & Crew
Criterion/Voyager
presents
Tony KnepperMarcel FranvalJacques TatiMaria Kimberly
"Trafic: The Criterion Collection"
Written byJacques Tatiproduced byRobert Dorfmann
directed byJacques Tati
Production Year: 1971
"Trafic: The Criterion Collection"
Written byJacques Tatiproduced byRobert Dorfmann
directed byJacques Tati
Production Year: 1971
