Jour de fête /
In this, his enchanting debut feature, Jacques Tati stars as a fussbudget of a postman who is thrown for a loop when a traveling fair comes to his village.
| Uniform Title: | Jour de fête (Motion picture) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Published: |
[Irvington, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2014]
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| Edition: | Blu-ray special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ;
729. Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 730. |
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| Summary: | In this, his enchanting debut feature, Jacques Tati stars as a fussbudget of a postman who is thrown for a loop when a traveling fair comes to his village. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1949. Special features: New 2K digital restoration; À l'américaine (a 2013 visual essay by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet tracking the evolution of Tati's comedy); Trailer. Two alternate versions of Jour de fête in addition to the original black and white 1958 one: a partly colorized 1964 version and the full-color 1995 rerelease version; Jour de fête: in search of the lost color (1988 episode of the French television program Cinéma cinémas, documentary on the restoration of the film to Tati's original color version); New English subtitle translation. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Blu-ray, region A, fullscreen (1.37:1); monaural; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Jacques Mercanton ; editor, Marcel Moreau ; music, Jean Yatove. 1964 version: director of photography, Jacques Sauvageot, Jacques Mercanton. |
| ISBN: | 9781604659047 (set) 1604659041 (set) 9781604659061 1604659068 |