Jacques Tati’s 1967 masterpiece PlayTime arrives in a 4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition from The Criterion Collection, featuring a new 4K digital restoration with a 3.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio track. Tati’s nearly wordless symphony of modern life sets Monsieur Hulot loose in a gleaming Paris of glass and steel, where every wide frame overflows with gags and architectural wonder.
Film Info
Country: France
Year: 1967
Runtime: 123 minutes
Color | 1.78:1 | French
Spine: #112
Special Features
4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition features:
- 4K digital restoration, with 3.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the special features
- Introduction by actor and comedian Terry Jones
- Three selected-scene commentaries by Philip Kemp, Jérôme Deschamps, and Stéphane Goudet
- Like Home, a visual essay by Stéphane Goudet
- “Tativille,” a 1967 television program featuring an interview with Tati from the set of PlayTime
- Beyond “PlayTime”, a short documentary with behind-the-scenes footage
- Interview with script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot
- Audio interview with Tati from the film’s 1972 San Francisco International Film Festival U.S. debut
- Tati Story, a short film by Goudet
- “Monsieur Hulot’s Work,” a 1976 television program about Tati’s character
- Cours du soir (1967), a short film written by and starring Tati
- Alternate English-language soundtrack
- Plus: an essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum; cover based on an original poster by René Ferracci
Release Date
The Criterion edition of PlayTime releases on February 10, 2026 and can be pre-ordered here.
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