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The Essentials: Playtime (1973)

Monsieur Hulot curiously wanders around a high-tech Paris, paralleling a trip with a group of American tourists. Meanwhile, a nightclub/restaurant prepares its opening night, but it's still under construction.
(NR, 145 min.)

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Sunday, August 18, 2019

5:30 PM

Monday, August 19, 2019

7:30 PM

The Essentials: '70s Comedies

This quarterly series showcases the “essential” films everyone should see on the big screen. For each month-long program, we’ll screen five films organized by one of the following themes: directors, actors, genres, and eras/movements. Essential tickets are $9 for Adults, $8 for Students/Seniors and Members get in Free!

Summary: Hilarious, dazzlingly inventive comedy in which Mr. Hulot tries to function in an unrecognizable Paris of modernistic glass-and-steel skyscrapers.

Starring: Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden
Director: Jacques Tati
Genre: Comedy

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"Jacques Tati's 1967 masterpiece still holds up as a feast of subtle sight gags, playful noise and, above all, visual wonders."

— Dave Calhoun, Time Out