Tati is a genius. It is however a fact that is lost on most. My father introduced me to Tati when I was very young. It is the purity of those times in your life that allows you to see what he is doing and showing you. His work starts out as circus-like miming, a kin to Buster Keaton, and then it becomes a complex visual comment on human behavior. His work is also a comment on the positive and negative expects of human behavior, but always shown in a loving, understanding, and joyful way. To Tati, life can be a beautiful circus, and that is the theme of all his work. A programmed 21st century audience doesn’t have the patience for what Tati does and shows in his films, so it goes over their head. Instead all they see is “people walking around doing stuff”. In a sense that is true. All Tati shows is people living, but how he shows it presents us with how beautiful life can be. Simple, but that’s the point.
Mon Oncle, Tati and Obviously Genius Directors over 3 years ago
Tati is a genius. It is however a fact that is lost on most. My father introduced me to Tati when I was very young. It is the purity of those times in your life that allows you to see what he is doing and showing you. His work starts out as circus-like miming, a kin to Buster Keaton, and then it becomes a complex visual comment on human behavior. His work is also a comment on the positive and negative expects of human behavior, but always shown in a loving, understanding, and joyful way. To Tati, life can be a beautiful circus, and that is the theme of all his work. A programmed 21st century audience doesn’t have the patience for what Tati does and shows in his films, so it goes over their head. Instead all they see is “people walking around doing stuff”. In a sense that is true. All Tati shows is people living, but how he shows it presents us with how beautiful life can be. Simple, but that’s the point.
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