the Complete Jacques Tati (Blu-ray and DVD)

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The Complete Jacques Tati (Blu-ray)
The Complete Jacques Tati (DVD)

Films:

• Jour de Fête (1949)
• Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
• Mon Oncle (1958)
• Playtime (1967)
• Trafic (1971)
• Parade (1974)

Extras:

• New digital restorations of all six feature films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-rays of Jour de fête, Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday, Mon oncle, Trafic, and Parade and 3.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray of PlayTime
• New digital restorations of all seven short films: On demande une brute (1934), Gai dimanche (1935), Soigne ton gauche (1936), L’école des facteurs (1946), Cours du soir (1967), Forza Bastia (1978), and Dégustation maison (1978)
• Two alternate versions of Jour de fête, a partly colorized 1964 version and the full-color 1995 rerelease version
• Original 1953 theatrical release version of Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday
• My Uncle, the version of Mon oncle that director Jacques Tati created for English-language audiences
• Introductions by actor and comedian Terry Jones to Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday, Mon oncle, and PlayTime
• Archival video and audio interviews with Tati
• In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot, a 1989 documentary about Tati’s beloved alter ego
• Five visual essays and a classroom lecture by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet
• New interview with critic Michel Chion on Tati’s sound design
• “Jour de fête”: In Search of the Lost Color, a 1988 documentary on the restoration of the film to Tati’s original color vision
• Once Upon a Time . . . “Mon oncle,” a 2008 documentary on the making of the film
• Everything Is Beautiful, a 2005 piece on the fashion, furniture, and architecture of Mon oncle
• Selected-scene commentaries on PlayTime by Goudet, theater director Jérôme Deschamps, and critic Philip Kemp
• Tativille, a documentary shot on the set of PlayTime
• Beyond “PlayTime,” a short 2002 documentary featuring on-set footage
• “An Homage to Jacques Tati,” a 1982 program featuring Tati friend and set designer Jacques Lagrange
• Interview from 2006 with PlayTime script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot
• Tati Story, a short biographical film from 2002
• Alternate international soundtracks for Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday and PlayTime
• Trailers
• New English subtitle translations
• A booklet featuring essays by critics James Quandt, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Kristin Ross, and David Cairns