Play Time - (Film and Culture) by Malcolm Turvey (Paperback)

Play Time is a comprehensive examination of Jacques Tati's unique comedic style, evaluating its significance for the history of film and modernism.

Turvey argues that Tati's work captured elite and general audiences alike by combining a modernist aesthetic with slapstick routines, gag structures, and other established traditions of mainstream film comedy.

The book offers an illuminating and original understanding of Tati's work, richly illustrated with images from the director's films.

With Play Time, you will gain a deeper appreciation for this groundbreaking filmmaker and his enduring achievement in translating democratic ideals of the postwar avant-garde into mainstream film comedy.