The 7-minute rabbit hole that'll ruin how you watch every other movie ever made.
This short documentary from 2002, written by Jacques Tati scholar Stéphane Goudet and featuring rare archival footage, explores the genesis of the director’s hugely ambitious 1967 film production.
Production
Tati built a functioning mini-city. Lost everything. Worth it?
Direction
Goudet packs a dissertation into 420 seconds.
Director
Stéphane Goudet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tativille was a fully functional set with working electricity, plumbing, and an actual road system—Tati commuted to 'work' there daily.
The documentary's 2002 release coincided with 'PlayTime's' critical rehabilitation; before then, it was largely dismissed as Tati's catastrophic folly.
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