Talk:Mon Oncle

message: I see that there has been quite some effort to bring the plot to a quite well-versed form. I admit that being new to WikiProject Films, my recent addition may not be of the same quality. Yet these scenes, along with some in the Vacances de M. Hulot, show a part of Tati which likes to take a look at the world through the children's eyes. Also in Traffic he has the prank with the fur which is put under the wheel of a car to look like the secretary's dog. Also I wanted to include the scene where the dogs meet the entrance guard of the factory, which creates a great contrast between authority and free living, but failed to come up with an adequate and brief comment. I will appreciate it if my entry is corrected to better fit in with the rest of the plot, or if it is included in another section, going more in detail with Tati's (Hulot's) character. Provided the article is a stub, such a section could have lots to add. Hoverfish 11:56, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The dogs in Mon Oncle are a rather obvious metaphor for the principal characters and their dualistic interaction between the old world and the new.  Their main utility is to provide a thematic introduction and ending for a film that has neither narration nor significant dialogue; I think it worked pretty well, compared to the abstract introduction and finale of Play Time.  But I'm one of those who don't believe that a synopsis should approximate an entire copy of the script; it should be enough to highlight interesting elements and themes of note for readers, should they care to do so.  And the 'Vacances' and 'Trafic' scenes belong in those articles, not this one. 12.72.119.32 (talk) 17:12, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
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message: I don't understand the following sentence: how do indistinguishable voices become funny? No doubt this is because I haven't seen the film. But could somebody rewrite it to make it clearer for those of us who haven't seen it? An example would be helpful.
:As with most Tati films, Mon Oncle is largely a visual comedy, with voices and dialogue merged into the background noise of daily life to provide subtle yet comedic sound effects. Cop 633 18:04, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I hate to say it, but you do really need to watch the film.  While an article about a film using visual and sound gags can painstakingly describe specific scenes (usually ruining the effect for those who haven't seen the picture), it cannot normally reproduce the same comedic effect in written form.  That is especially true of Tati, perhaps "the only man in movie history to get a laugh out of the hum of a neon sign!" (Leonard Maltin) 12.72.119.32 (talk) 17:18, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: By the way, Rowan Atkinson, very influenced from Tati (and Chaplin) uses often indistinguishable voices in the Mr. Bean series (the church sketch being the best example). Hoverfish 12:54, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Although it's a sound movie, the character of Monsieur Hulot seems more of a silent character. I think the only line he utters in the whole movie is "Ça va?" ("How's it going?"). In general, he seems like an updated (for the 50's) version of the silent "eternal kid", such as Charlie Chaplin's, Buster Keaton's and Harpo Marx's characters. (Slight spoilers follow:) I have an example of a gag that explains it, Hulot has messed up on the factory, and his brother-in-law who's hired him and is the boss of the factory is upset, anyhow, he's constantly going back and forth towards and away from the camera, and while he walks away, the voice gets more quiet and mumbled, as it would in real life. This is quite typical Tati, sacrificing comprehensible dialogue for an audiovisual gag. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 12:27, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Comedy through background voices

message: Thanks for the image. I also appreciate it was added in Tati's biography, though we may also have to find one not in role to satisfy biography conventions (in a biography infobox). Hoverfish 12:31, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
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message: It's just a summary of the attitudes of the characters. Even that isn't quote so; Madame Arpel is quite forgiving of her brother, it's her husband that insists on getting him a job and finally forcibly moving him away, mostly out of jealousy for never connecting with his son, Gerard. 
A few sentences of actual plot would be nice, added at the end of the section; it doesn't need to be that long. Deliusfan (talk) 21:30, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
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