Parade

Duncan Gray

Surprised this has such a low rating! Yes, I suppose it's not really a proper "film", but like Stop Making Sense, I'd be happy to have it constantly play on a loop in the background of my life, for me to dip in and out of. You have to watch it the way you watch any Tati movie: observing how the little details express a fondness for human nature (the audience is part of the show). A lovely coda.

Brendan

Severely underrated Tati. It's just as personally expressive, fun, and deceptively simple as his best works!

Karthik

I disagree with the comments below: this is a fantastic film! Yes, it doesn't have the virtuosic frame jammed with event of Playtime, or the signature rhythm and movement of M Hulot (which is never sth I have loved), but it is a thoroughly personal & achieved film by Tati. One that tries to distribute ("democritize" Tati would say though I don't know about that) perception away from the sacred center of Performance..

Richmond Hill

A Curate’s Egg if ever there were one: a plain rendering of a circus performance on the one hand, a kind-of deconstruction of it on the other. Balance taken, its the more the former as transfers from video to film always seem suspended in aspic and we’ve seen these routines umpteen times before. Tati himself is always welcome, but it’s a reverential bow to a master rather than something fresh.

Lynch/Fellini

As a big fan of Jacques Tati, I'm glad I saw this film. However, it was a sheer disappointment. It is said that he was depressed at the end of his life and it kind of shows here. It was as if he was just putting it together without any heart or soul, which filled all of his other films. This one just seemed dead and I feel bad saying negative things about it because I know he was not in a good state making it. :(

HSBilly

the final works of tati just as the show is over, but there's child who still playing with toys, just like tati in my heart, always make me charmed.

Rock and Bull

Disappointing final film from Tati. It still has some good moments though. In theory this is the ideal Tati film, a movie about a circus and its audience. There are some perfect Tati moments that are ruined by bluntness. Seeing these makes you realize just how important the distance Tati keeps the camera from his subjects is. A lot of the film is like a straight documentary. Tati at his worst but I'm glad I saw it.

Gylfi

Tati's last film is in my opinion also his weakest. It must have been a very personal project for him, showing us the place where he got started in the 1930s. But for me the film just doesn't have the same drive and confidence as his earlier work and ends up leaving almost nothing behind after viewing it. I liked some scenes in it and the nostalgia in the air but I don't see much replay value.