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Trafic - Criterion Collection
from Criterion
starring Honore Bostel, Marcel Fravel, Maria Kimberly, Tony Knappers, Francois Maisongrosse
directed by Jacques Tati

Features:

• Color
• DVD-Video
• Special Edition
• Subtitled

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Mr. Hulot returns
  This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film
  Trafic is a film directed by Jacques Tati and continues the adventures of Mr. Hulot. This is the fourth and final film in the series. The other three were released in succession by the Criterion Collection several years ago and this final movie is long awaited by fans.
  The film is about a concept car being taken from the factory in Paris to an auto show in Amsterdam. He is delayed in customs and goes through a series of other... more info

• The last we'll see of M. Hulot, and a melancholy farewell it is
  What can we make of Trafic, Jacques Tati's last film? It certainly isn't a major success, as M. Hulot's Holiday - Criterion Collection and Mon Oncle - Criterion Collection are. It's not a gallant failure, as I believe Playtime - Criterion Collection is. It seems to me that it is a sad, sometimes amusing combination of those things that made Tati so unique, so funny, so problematic and so drawn to making mundane social commentary. There must be something in the water we drink or the bread we eat that causes... more info

• Trafic
  In "Trafic," Jacques Tati's continuing commentary on modern society, M. Hulot works for automaker Altra. The camper he designed is to be on show at an international auto exhibition in Amsterdam. Getting to Amsterdam, though, is the challenge, and the film charts that comical course. The sleek, ultramodern, overly gadgetized camper is transported in a rundown, beat-up old van that either runs out of gas, blows out a tire, or just completely breaks down. Whether it's accidents or border patrol, there just is... more info

• More fun from Tati - not spectacular, but solid.
  Good fun, not a masterpiece like Mon Oncle or Playtime, but if you like Tati's other stuff, it's a must have.

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