Post by lune7000 on Jul 3, 2021 2:07:00 GMT
I have watched over 3000 movies and can't think of any movie more unique than Playtime- which I just saw today for the first time. I have seen plenty of movies that try to be mysterious or unexplainable but this is truly a one of a kind film. Not knowing what it was about, I waited and waited for a plot to develop. Slowly, it began to dawn on me that this movie is operating on a different level and I began thinking hard about it's title to figure things out.
What I saw amounted to nothing less than the only pure sociology movie ever made- no mysticism & no Avant Garde "deepness" - just keen observation of the cultural fishbowl we all live in. Movies and news are all about conflict. But in reality, the vast majority of human behavior is cooperative and form into games. In 1964 (3 years before this film) Eric Berne published a book called "Games People Play" which introduced transactional analysis to study the complex, reoccurring interactions between people. Sociologists have long studied how much of civilized life consist of patterns of intricate ritual.
Director Tati adds humor and keen staging to this punchbowl to keep our attention and ends the movie with unforgettable metaphors by coloring street life with carnival music. There are no stars, no storylines, no ending.
Once I went to an art gallery opening and saw 60 giant photos of doorknobs. Some of these had their brass enamel corroded, some hade paint, some had been rained on. All of the photos were beautiful. The artist accomplished his goal: after that show I always saw the beauty in doorknobs.
After seeing this movie I will always see the play in social groups.
What I saw amounted to nothing less than the only pure sociology movie ever made- no mysticism & no Avant Garde "deepness" - just keen observation of the cultural fishbowl we all live in. Movies and news are all about conflict. But in reality, the vast majority of human behavior is cooperative and form into games. In 1964 (3 years before this film) Eric Berne published a book called "Games People Play" which introduced transactional analysis to study the complex, reoccurring interactions between people. Sociologists have long studied how much of civilized life consist of patterns of intricate ritual.
Director Tati adds humor and keen staging to this punchbowl to keep our attention and ends the movie with unforgettable metaphors by coloring street life with carnival music. There are no stars, no storylines, no ending.
Once I went to an art gallery opening and saw 60 giant photos of doorknobs. Some of these had their brass enamel corroded, some hade paint, some had been rained on. All of the photos were beautiful. The artist accomplished his goal: after that show I always saw the beauty in doorknobs.
After seeing this movie I will always see the play in social groups.