Tati is great because he wrapped beautiful poetry into visual comedy. Hulot is pure innocence, to make him exist solely for the visual sketches and actually un

Tati is great because he wrapped beautiful poetry into visual comedy. Hulot is pure innocence, to make him exist solely for the visual sketches and actually unnecessary as demonstrated in playtime. Tati really was there for the bliss he brought to audience, comedy was merely a way to achieve that. The social commentary is also pretty strong, but not forced, only merely there for the ones the wishes to see it. Atkinson touched this times to times, though.