Jacques Tati returns in this comic masterpiece as Mr. Hulot, wandering through an unrecognizable Paris of steel and glass skyscrapers. From an ultra-modern airport disgorging tourists to a chic nightclub coming apart at the seams on opening night, Tati creates a vision of the modern metropolis that, in its own delightfully witty way, rivals Alphaville and Blade Runner as the most brilliantly conceived film about the 20th, or perhaps, 21st century city. "Playtime is gloriously funny....It is the world of Kubrick's 2001 without the metaphysics and without Richard Strauss." (Vincent Canby, NY Times) 35mm
1967, color, 1 hour 48 minutes, France