It's complex why Playtime wasn't a box office to say the least.
A lot of explanations are in the video I post here.
If you don't want to watch it entirely, you can watch from minute 7, where it's well explained.

This video is meant to explore what makes this film so special and sprinkle a bit of the film's history into it as well because this is a case where the film's history is just as interesting as the film itself.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UktaAYakbK0&t=52s

The Aesthetics and History of PlayTime (1967)

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Playtime (making of) Jacques Tati 1967

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Join my Playtime group on Facebook! (Jacques Tati's Playtime)

painted a still (see still in next post)

The genius of Tati: spot the lights and the flowers the American tourist is holding (lilies of the valley).

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Look on the left.. can you spot it?

May 1968 Events in Paris
Steelworkers Demonstration surrounded by police, passing by the Jacques Tati PlayTime poster scheduled at the ThéÒtre de l'Empire in the Wagram avenue in Paris.
(Photo by James Andanson/Sygma via Getty Images)

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Barbara as the American tourist in Playtime.
Not able to capture the 'old Paris', literally, what an inspired way to show this.
Did you also spot Tati in another role?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUncJH6UUPY
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Playtime - American Tourists

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ON SET – Mon oncle – Jacques Tati (1958)

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