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| Jour De Fete [1949] | ![Jour De Fete [1949]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414Y094PS8L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Jacques Tati
Actors: Jacques Tati, Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur
Studio: Bfi Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 3411
Format: Full Screen, Pal
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Original Language)
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Running Time: 87 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5035673006030
ASIN: B0006687T4
Theatrical Release Date: 1949
Release Date: November 29, 2004
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 Good debut by Tati August 22, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Tati's first feature film (he has made some shorts before) from 1949 is about an inept bicycle riding postman (Tati himself, of course) trying to adopt more efficient ways of delivering mail in a quaint French rural village, after watching a documentary of the American postal system. One must say first that the gags here are not as good or as funny as in Tati's later films (especially Mr. Hulot's Holiday and Mon Oncle). Still, this is worth seeing, especially in its color version (Tati was disappointed with its primitive color system, so he finally decided to release the film on black and white; the color version of the film was restored and released to the public many years later, after Tati's death). What is more striking of the movie when one sees it now is to look, even in a color that leaves much to be desired, at a rural France that no longer exists.
 Francois rides again August 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Jacques Tati shows that his is the master of the Chaplinesque genre with another highly skilled portrayal of a rural French postman when the travelling fair arrives in the village. Human comedy at its best!
Thoroughly enjoyable, again and again. If you like it also see the "School for Postmen" on a collection of Tati shorts.
 An unfortunate experience February 1, 2006
10 out of 33 found this review helpful
Having seen a couple of Jacques Tati films as a child and been delighted, it was with eager anticipation that I put this DVD into the machine.
What a travesty! This is an early Tati extravaganza where he tips his hat to Chaplin, several decades too late, and displays little of the trademarks that make films like "Traffic" such a treat to watch. There is a delightful amount of period detail about rural French life in the late 1940's and some little treats for the true Tati fan, but overall it's a disappointing film.
Far too much slapstick and not enough detailed observation of people.
Timeless, gentle and very funny February 20, 2005
41 out of 41 found this review helpful
Tati's first feature has been overshadowed by the marvellous films that followed it, (particularly "M. Hulot's holiday") but this little masterpiece deserves to be seen. The pace is slow and the action mostly lugubrious but it is worth giving yourself time for the little details to work their magic. The droll story links a series of priceless set pieces that had me crying with laughter. How can a drunken postman making his way home on a bicycle be so funny? This is visual humour that is both refined and brilliantly funny and there is something wonderfully uplifting and humane in the tone of the film. As so often with Tati, the children seem much more socially adroit than the adults but all the characters are vivid and convincing. Tati beautifully captures a rural French postwar past that was fast disappearing even as he made the film. Hilarious, but much more than just funny.
One of his best... February 14, 2005
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
Compared to the brilliant Les Vacances de M. Hulot this film is somewhat uneven; the film occasionally slows down to almost a complete stop. The story is told in a few lines: fuelled by a spectacular movie about mail-distribution in America he's seen on a travelling fair, the postman (Tati) decides to modernize his way of delivering his cards and letters.
The gags are classic slapstick (think Chaplin and Keaton). The colour-version only heightens the rural, easy-going atmosphere.
If you want to go on holiday to the French provence for just about 90 minutes; this is the way!
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