Playtime by Jacques Tati
This week, we take a brief peek at the film “Playtime” by Jacque Tati. There is a reason this film was shown in our history class. Although we did not get the chance to see the whole film, it is already clear what Jacques was trying to express through the movie. “Playtime” clearly shows the viewpoint of the director towards the modernism era. The film starts out in the airport and right from the very first scene we see how the architecture and interior looks like at the time, big glass facade building with geometric arranging inside. To their eyes, the architecture may seem futuristic but it would soon become just a normal building in the present day. Yes, the buildings shown in the film, they are seen all over in Bangkok.
The films follows a tour group of American ladies arriving in Paris. They are clearly fascinated by the modernism era but what is funny to me is that the buildings all look very similar, if not the same. There are also posters showing different countries with exactly the same type of architecture on it. Furthermore, there are also a chair that turns to its original shape once the user gets up, how the main character gets lost through all the cubicle office, it is clear up to this point that Jacques Tati is trying to mock the modernism era.
I find the film really amusing and very enjoyable to watch.
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