#110 - Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

for our next 3 films, we have the comedic presence of Jacques Tati as Monsieur Hulot, a sort of slapstick character - (at least in this film)

I have never heard of him before this film, but Tati was well known and loved in France - he makes films with a lot of physical gags - I saw comparisons to Chaplin but based on what we've seen he reminded me a lot of W.C. Fields.

This is his 2nd film, and his first with this character Hulot who we'll see again in the next two pictures - it's sort of a plotless string of gags and humor but it's enjoyable, and finally we're back on the streaming channel so I can not have to deal with waiting for DVD's - hehehe

The complete box set wasn't released till the 700's - but we'll get half of it out of the way here - something else interesting was that I watched the 1978 restoration - where Jacques had cut out about 12 minutes from his first film - I guess he was like George Lucas - sorta re-editing and recutting his work until later in life.

This is just a fellow going on holiday in a sleepy seaside tourist town where he has a string of misadventures - good stuff - Curious to see how the character goes in the later films - I might add too the dialogue is pretty sparse and that's fine - but it goes to show how much of this humor is meant to be drank in with the eyes as opposed to hearing it.

RB