Field Experience One: Film Analysis
Mon Oncle. Dir. Jacques Tati. Perfs. Jacques Tati. Gaunt Film Company, 1958.
Enter Monsieur Hulot; a creation of Jacques Tati and an embodiment of pure comic genius. In the film, we’re introduced to the quaint, lively, simple, and positively extraordinary life of Monsieur Hulot and his culture. The family of M. Hulot includes his nephew Gérard, his sister Madame Arpel and her husband Monsieur Arpel. The Arpel family and M. Hulot come from vastly different lives and cultures. Hulot lives in a beautiful boarding house which is home to many diverse and happy people, who often communicate through warm feelings and actions; in contrast, the Arpel family lives in the center of a modernistic suburb that’s drearily colored with shades of grey and filled with almost non-existent neighbors, that when present, seem to …show more content…
It’s our response to certain situations that can either successfully or not communicate they way we feel or the idea of understanding. For example, while Hulot is working in the Plastac factory he starts to fall asleep all while the secretary is in the process of passing by; as he slowly bobs his head down and his elbows move outward, he unknowingly pushes a file towards the edge of the table, to which the secretary understands as a gesture towards her o take that file, which she does. Another example is similar to the scene mentioned above, but instead another employee (who also doesn’t realize Hulot is falling asleep) asks him to watch something for him, to which Hulot bobs his head (as he’s falling asleep) which the employee understand as “yes, I will do that for you”, this scenario later leads to a machine malfunction. These are just a few examples of how communication can have consequences especially in instances where people may not realize the consequences at the
Mon Oncle. Dir. Jacques Tati. Perfs. Jacques Tati. Gaunt Film Company, 1958.
Enter Monsieur Hulot; a creation of Jacques Tati and an embodiment of pure comic genius. In the film, we’re introduced to the quaint, lively, simple, and positively extraordinary life of Monsieur Hulot and his culture. The family of M. Hulot includes his nephew Gérard, his sister Madame Arpel and her husband Monsieur Arpel. The Arpel family and M. Hulot come from vastly different lives and cultures. Hulot lives in a beautiful boarding house which is home to many diverse and happy people, who often communicate through warm feelings and actions; in contrast, the Arpel family lives in the center of a modernistic suburb that’s drearily colored with shades of grey and filled with almost non-existent neighbors, that when present, seem to …show more content…
It’s our response to certain situations that can either successfully or not communicate they way we feel or the idea of understanding. For example, while Hulot is working in the Plastac factory he starts to fall asleep all while the secretary is in the process of passing by; as he slowly bobs his head down and his elbows move outward, he unknowingly pushes a file towards the edge of the table, to which the secretary understands as a gesture towards her o take that file, which she does. Another example is similar to the scene mentioned above, but instead another employee (who also doesn’t realize Hulot is falling asleep) asks him to watch something for him, to which Hulot bobs his head (as he’s falling asleep) which the employee understand as “yes, I will do that for you”, this scenario later leads to a machine malfunction. These are just a few examples of how communication can have consequences especially in instances where people may not realize the consequences at the