Mon oncle (Jacques Tati, 1958)

Aug

29

Mr Hulot and three women enjoy an outdoor lunch in Villa Arpel's concrete backyard. A woman in furs laughs heartily, head thrown back, with Hulot looking into her open mouth, halting a woman reaching for a carafe mid-movement. The third woman, in an avant-garde Eastmancolor-red poncho, calmly smokes through her cigarette holder. DP: Jean Bourgoin.

#FilmDinner #JacquesTati #JeanPierreZola #AdrienneServantie #LucienFrégis #BettySchneider #FranckBarcellini #AlainRomans #NorbertGlanzberg #JeanBourgoin #absurdism #comedy #satire #slapstick #France #Italy #1950s ★★★★☆ ♥︎

Mon Oncle.
For the role of Mme Arpel, +60 persons were considered to play that part. Adrienne Servantie became the perfect Madame Arpel.
For Mr Arpel, some 40-ish actors plus non-actors were considered at the time. (played by Jean-Pierre Zola.. he was also in The French Connection II and The Train - both Frankenheimer)

#mononcle #cinema #arpel #jacquestati #adrienneservantie #jeanpierrezola #comedy #fifties #actors #humor #stills

#Bales2025FilmChallenge of August 29: [favourite] colour: grey

Mon oncle (Jacques Tati, 1958) / Koolhaas Houselife (Ila Bêka + Louise Lemoine, 2008)
Approaching the 60s, Mr #Hulot finally switches from black-and-white to colour. Suddenly, we see that his suit is a beigeish grey and so is the Arpels' house, that modernist masterpiece designed by #Tati.
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#JacquesTati #JeanPierreZola #AdrienneServantie #JeanBourgoin #architecture #modernism #absurdism #cinemastodon #film

#MonOncle
#JeanPierreZola & #JacquesTati

#cinema #villaarpel