Cours du soir (1967), by Jacques Tati
A 30-minute film where Tati is teaching an evening course on mime to a class of would-be actors, an oddly sophisticated bunch of students (no student in the room is without a jacket and tie) and features some of his best-known bits from both earlier films and his time on the stage. This involves showing off impressions of smokers, fishermen, horse riders, etc., including, perhaps, his most famous impression, the postman…
Parade (1974), by Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati's last film Parade sees his return to the boisterous music hall world in which he began his career as a mime artist in the 1930s. Conceived as a series of circus acts hosted by Tati and performed for a family audience, Parade is brilliant…
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