Jacques Tati’s PLAYTIME at WALTER READE

For one day only, Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade theater is projecting a 70mm (!!!) print of Jacques Tati’s masterpiece Playtime (1967). A modernist ballet of people, buildings, space, and technology, Tati’s structural humor has never been more precise, reticent, or hilarious. With his characteristic lanky grace, Tati’s Monsieur Hulot passes passes through crowds, crosses streets, and yet even when he is alone in a glass-walled room, he seems to be lost. Hulot’s alienation is among the most insightful commentary on life in the modern age. We may still be in the first week of the new year, but this is surely to be among the most memorable film events of the year.

Monday, January 5 at 1pm, 3:30pm, 6pm & 8:30pm at Walter Reade.