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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by matto[/i] [br]The Magnificent Tati (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1541159/) Showing tonight 4/11 at 5pm at the Northwest Film Forum, Seattle. Relevance in the description: http://www.nwfilmforum.org/live/page/calendar/1264 Apr 11 (Michael House, USA, 2009, Digital, 60 min) Sunday, Apr 11 at 05:00PM Detailing just how far reaching the career of France’s greatest comic auteur Jacques Tati was, this compelling new documentary explores Tati’s career from his roots in the Parisian music-halls of the ‘30s to his rise and ultimate fall from grace after the release of his masterpiece Playtime. An eclectic range of interviewees (including admirers Mike Mills, Frank Black and Sylain Chomet) pay testament to his genius, and a wealth of clips make this an essential viewing for any fan. ** OK, I went and saw it. FB is in it, though I don't know why. Looked like he was interviewed from a hotel bed. It was an hour-long biography of Tati with loads of clips, and very few pertinent interviewees. FB added little to the discussion, academically speaking (nor did Mills or Chomet). Included was a live video of "The Jacques Tati", which felt non sequitur and was augmented with distracting and cheapening visual fx. I'm really surprised the filmmakers couldn't get more useful talking heads. Sorry to say. sminki pinki [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.