Big Screen Classics

PLAYTIME

Directed by Jacques Tati

France/Italy, 1967, 2h 4min, DCP, In English, German, French and English

Big Screen Classics

AFS Cinema

6406 N I-35 Suite 3100 Austin, TX, 78752

Showtime

Sun, Mar 16

Pricing

$13.50 evening / $11 matinee (available M-F for shows before 6 PM)

$4 discounts for AFS MAKE & WATCH members. Free for LOVE & Impact Circle members.

Discounts for AISD educators and local high school & college students are available at the box office with a valid school ID.

“Cinema’s fiercest and funniest jeremiad against the rigid geometry of modern architecture and the utopian social engineering that it imposes.”
—The New Yorker

We often say that a film must be seen on the big screen to be properly appreciated. This was never so true as in the case of Jacques Tati’s nearly wordless masterpiece PLAYTIME. His signature character Monsieur Hulot again appears, in a comedic portrait of the Twentieth Century and its bemused inhabitants, who sometimes seem dwarfed by the world that they have created. Tati accomplishes this by filming in extreme long shots on an absolutely gigantic multimillion dollar set. It’s truly like no other film, as simultaneous, humorous action unfolds in minute scale. Genuinely funny and technically astonishing. This one is fun and fascinating for the whole family.

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