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When Monsieur Hulot, director Jacques Tati’s cinematic alter ego, goes to visit his sister’s family, his simple lifestyle comes into contact—and conflict—with their ultramodern way of life. In a series of brilliant set pieces, Hulot traipses around their absurdly automated home, fumbles his way through a new job at his brother-in-law’s plastics factory, and forms a very real human bond with his nephew, who is similarly alienated by modern living. A thought-provoking examination of the negative effects of modernity, MON ONCLE is a singular achievement by one of the all-time masters of comic film.
"Jacques Tati is the great philosophical tinkerer of comedy, taking meticulous care to arrange his films so that they unfold in a series of revelations and effortless delights." — Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"A very witty and suggestive work from the modern cinema's only answer to Chaplin and Keaton."
— Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
"Unforgettably funny, wonderfully observed, and always technically brilliant." — Time Out
" Like Chaplin and Keaton before him, Tati uses the character's inherent mildness and some wonderfully choreographed slapstick comedy to underscore his commentary on humanity versus the changes of modern life." — Brendon Hanley, All Movie Guide
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showtime
Monday, February 5 at 7 pm
location
THE GREEN ROOM
144 West Street
admission
$6 general / $4 GBFS members
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