Mon oncle /

A supremely amusing satire of mechanized living and consumer society.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Mon oncle (Motion picture)
Other Authors:	Terouanne, Alain, Tati, Jacques (Screenwriter, Actor), Lagrange, Jacques, 1917- (Screenwriter), L'Hôte, Jean, 1929-1985 (Screenwriter), Zola, Jean-Pierre, 1916-1979 (Actor), Servantie, Adrienne (Actor), Fregis, Lucien (Actor), Schneider, Betty (Actor), Martial, J. F. (Jean-François), 1891-1977 (Actor), Marie, Dominique (Actress) (Actor), Arnaud, Yvonne (Actor), Danieli, Adélaïde (Actor), Bécourt, Alain, 1946- (Actor), Bourgoin, Jean, 1913-1991 (director of photography.), Romans, Alain (composer (expression)), Barcellini, Franck, 1920-2012 (composer (expression))
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	French
Language Notes:	French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
Edition:	Two-DVD special edition.
Series:	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 111. Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 729.
Subjects:	Hulot, Monsieur (Fictitious character) > Drama. Families > France > Drama. Uncles > France > Drama. Culture conflict > France > Drama. France > Social life and customs > 20th century > Drama. Factories > France > Drama. Automation > Drama. Foreign films. Motion pictures, French. Comedy films. Feature films. Fiction films.

Description
Summary:	A supremely amusing satire of mechanized living and consumer society.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1958. Special features: New 2K digital restoration. Disc 1: Introduction by actor and comedian Terry Jones; Everything's connected (a 2013 visual essay by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet comparing Mon oncle to the other Monsieur Hulot films); "Le Hasard de Jacques Tati" (a 1977 French television episode featuring an interview with Tati about his dog, Hasard, and the canine stars of Mon oncle). Disc 2: My uncle (director Jacques Tati's 1958 reedited, English-language version of the film); Once upon a time ... "Mon oncle" (an hour-long documentary from 2008 on the making of the film); Everything is beautiful (a three-part program from 2005 on the film's fashion, architecture, and furniture design); New English subtitle translation.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC, region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Awards:	Academy Awards, 1958 : Best foreign-language film.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Jean Bourgoin ; set decoration, production designer, Henri Schmitt ; music, Alain Romans, Franck Barcellini ; editor, Suzanne Baron ; costume design, Jacques Cottin.
ISBN:	9781604659054 160465905X 9781604659115 1604659114