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DVD006306

Tati Shorts

Tati, Jacques

The Criterion Collection, 2014

Description:

BluRay - Zone A.   viewing copy.   1 videodisc of 1.

Notes:

2K digital restorations. Supplemental materials include: PROFESSOR GOUDET’S LESSONS (2013 lecture program).

Titles

+ On Demande une Brute

Director:

Barrios, Charles

Production Co:

Les Films Fernand Rivers

Running Time:

Short.   23 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

France

Year:

1934

Language:

French with English subtitles

Genre:

Comedy

Notes:

Jacques Tati plays an amateur actor who signs up to battle a professional wrestler.

+ Gai Dimanche

Director:

Berr, Jacques

Production Co:

Atlantic Films

Running Time:

Short.   22 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

France

Year:

1936

Language:

French with English subtitles

Genre:

Comedy

Notes:

Jacques Tati, who also co-wrote the script, plays one of a pair of layabouts who concoct a get-rich-quick scheme to give tours of the countryside.

+ Ecole des Facteurs, L’

Alternate Title:

School for Postmen, The

Director:

Tati, Jacques

Production Co:

Cady Films

Running Time:

Short.   16 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

France

Year:

1946

Language:

French with English subtitles

Genre:

Comedy

Notes:

A hapless French postal carrier attempts to prove that he is just as good at his job as American postal carriers. Tati’s first film as solo director introduced the character he would play in JOUR DE FETE.

Link to:

FII catalog |

+ Soigne Ton Gauche

Alternate Title:

Watch Your Left; The Boxer

Director:

Tati, Jacques

Production Co:

Cady Films; Fred ORAIN

Running Time:

Short.   13 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

France

Year:

1936

Language:

French with English subtitles

Genre:

Comedy

Notes:

A farmhand is recruited as a boxer’s sparring partner.

Link to:

FII catalog |

+ Cours du Soir

Alternate Title:

Evening Class

Director:

Ribowski, Nicolas

Production Co:

Specta Films; Télécip

Running Time:

Short.   30 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

color

Country:

France

Year:

1967

Language:

French with English subtitles

Genre:

Comedy

Notes:

Tati, playing an acting teacher, shows off his mime skills in this film produced while he was making PLAYTIME.

Link to:

FII catalog |

+ Dégustation Maison

Director:

Tatischeff, Sophie

Production Co:

Weslaine & Co.; La Walanie Et Cie

Running Time:

Short.   12 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

color

Country:

France

Year:

1977

Language:

French with English subtitles

Genre:

Comedy

Notes:

Tati’s daughter Sophie Tatischeff directs a short comedy about a small-town bakery where the pastries contain liquor.

Link to:

FII catalog |

+ Forza Bastia

Director:

Tati, Jacques; Tatischeff, Sophie

Production Co:

Collectivité Territoriale de Corse; Specta Films

Running Time:

Short.   26 minutes

Color:

color

Country:

France

Year:

1978

Language:

French with English subtitles

Genre:

Documentary, Sport

Notes:

A documentary about the 1978 European Cup final in Corsica between Bastia and Eindhoven. Completed by Tati’s daughter Sophie Tatischeff.

Link to:

FII catalog |

+ Tati Story

Director:

Goudet, Stéphane

Running Time:

Short.   21 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

color and b/w

Country:

France

Year:

2002

Language:

French language with English subtitles

Genre:

Documentary

Notes:

This is a brief bio of the life of Tati through his works. Begins with his silent period, then feature films, and shows many examples from the short films on this disc. For someone with such a limited output of work, his reach and genius was limitless.