tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294916540840535575.post8468694500850689308..comments2024-03-22T08:29:01.459-07:00Comments on Are the hills going to march off?: Play Time (1967) A Film by Jacques TatiCarson Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10164962777812861110noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294916540840535575.post-78055990556992585602010-03-03T08:41:25.737-08:002010-03-03T08:41:25.737-08:00Doniphon, I just saw it on the big-screen for the ...Doniphon, I just saw it on the big-screen for the first time as well, unfortunately only in 35mm though. There are only a few prints circling the country of the 70mm version, and I can only imagine how much this film would benefit from a vast frame, something that would further blur the boundaries between the audience and the film. After all, we're all tourists when we enter the cinema, right?<br /><br />Drew, I'd have to say that <i>Days of Heaven</i> would be equally blissful on a big-screen - the colors, the clarity, the depth. I might even go with that over <i>Play Time</i>, although I also long to see <i>Eraserhead</i>, <i>2001</i>, <i>Stalker</i>, and <i>Werckmeister Harmonies</i> on the silver screen. <br /><br />I can't say I enjoyed the film quite as much as you guys did; I found some stretches to be tedious with jokes that were simply redundant. If you haven't seen Roy Andersson's films, you should. His is a humor that connects with me more, and his visual style is equally Brueghel-like. Of course, I did find <i>Play Time</i> to be something special.Carson Lundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164962777812861110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294916540840535575.post-55286179054060912192010-03-03T00:38:07.918-08:002010-03-03T00:38:07.918-08:00Quite a nice, thoughtful piece you've written ...Quite a nice, thoughtful piece you've written here on likewise one of my favorite all-time films. It's certainly Tati's masterpiece, and one of the boldest visual works ever constructed in the history of the medium. What a truly sublime and overwhelming experience it is to view this film for the first time. <br /><br />I keep flipping back and forth between Play Time and Days of Heaven as the film I would choose if I could only choose one to see on the big screen.Drew McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054307044280470117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294916540840535575.post-6318266543659639262010-03-02T15:29:58.514-08:002010-03-02T15:29:58.514-08:00One of my all-time favorites, if not my favorite f...One of my all-time favorites, if not my favorite film, period. I saw it for the first time on the big screen in December, and it was easily the most incredible experience I've ever had at a theater, transcendent even. When the door breaks and the doorman starts miming the opening and closing of the door, the audience actually broke into applause. It's been hard for me to watch it on DVD since, so much is missed on the small screen and watching it alone seems to contradict in uncomfortable ways how the film embraces community.Doniphonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407443845368110678noreply@blogger.com