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RE: My Favourite Films: Jacques Tati's Play Time
What a great backstory to Big Day! Mon Oncle is exactly as you say. The sister-in-laws fountain that she only turns on for guests that she wants to impress.
and the automated kitchen!
yes you see, he knew exactly exactly what was coming. The not so smart generation of the future !! ; - ) Did you know also that he built a huge replica of the all new at the time Defense district for the film Playtime ! He put in lots of his budget to build it and had the intention and desire to leave it there so that new young film makers in France might be inspired and use it for their films. but of course as always with Tati, the establishment destroyed this beautiful gesture and knocked it back down to a pile of useless rubble !!!
What a tragedy. I had heard of Tativille, but I always assumed it was preserved in some state!