Jacques Tati’s final film finds Monsieur Hulot employed—surprisingly, as an automobile designer for Altra Motors. His camper is fitted with a dizzying variety of ingenious gadgets and features. Now its show model is headed for an international auto show in Amsterdam. Also making the trip, in their own cars, are Hulot and Altra’s public relations […]
Daily Archives: November 25, 2008
If you check my continually transformed file Best Film & Other Film Achievements by Year, you will discover that the impossible has occurred: I’ve replaced L’avventura as 1960’s best film with Nagisa Oshima’s Night and Fog in Japan, which I saw for the first time about a week ago. Those who know me will certainly […]