The definitive Jacques Tati
Subtitle: five volumes covering the complete life and work of the legendary filmmaker, screenwriter, and performer
By: edited by Alison Castle
Publisher: Taschen
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Köln
Language: eng; fre
ISBN-13: 9783836577113
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Interviews; Motion picture producers and directors; Comedians
Other titles: Tati; Tati shoots.; Tati writes.; Tati works.; Tati explores.; Tati speaks.
Description: Oscar-winning French director/performer Jacques Tati (1907-1982) was a fiercely innovative and original filmmaker who found inspiration in the observation of life around him. By creating and playing unassuming characters thrown into the bustle of society--the hapless postman François and the maladroit Monsieur Hulot--Tati brilliantly exposed the ways in which class distinctions, social mores, architecture, and technology affect the basic ways that humans relate to one another. Designed by M/M (Paris), the set includes: Volume I, "Tati Films": stills from all six feature films; Volume II, "Tati Writes": the complete screenplays, plus those of the unmade films The Illusionist and Confusion, illustrated by pages from Tati's original drafts; Volume III, "Tati Works": a comprehensive survey of his life and work; Volume IV, "Tati Explores": essays on important themes in his films; Volume V, "Tati Speaks": quotations, interviews, and a previously unpublished memoir by Tati.
Notes: Title from box.

Includes bibliographical references.

Text in English and French.
Table of contents: title: [Volume 1]. Tati shoots; title: [volume 2]. Tati writes; title: [volume 3]. Tati works; title: [volume 4]. Tati explores; title: [volume 5]. Tati speaks.