{"product_id":"jacques-tati-his-life-and-art-9781860466519","title":"Jacques Tati: His Life and Art","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJacques Tati: His Life and Art\u003c\/strong\u003e by Bellos, David. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781860466519.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe life of one of Europes greatest filmmakers and comedians of the twentieth century.\nMonsieur Hulot, the tall awkward man with the hat and pipe, is as recognizable in his gaucheness as Charlie Chaplins little tramp is known and loved for being the undefeatable victim. Hulots creator was one of this centurys greatest filmmakers, who scraped out a living during the hard years of the Depression as a music-hall mime and went on to achieve international recognition both in front of and behind the camera.\nJacques Tatis vision was to focus on the ordinary and transform it into the surreal; he used nonprofessionals-schoolchildren, tourists-to turn cinema into an arena in which to display the paradoxical business of daily life. David Bellos, the Goncourt Prize-winning biographer of Georges Perec, has produced a fully rounded picture of Tati as an artistic creator, a man who thought not in words but in moving images, and who produced such successes as Jour de Fte, Mr. Hulots Holiday, and Mon Oncle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44947562168373,"sku":"ByrdShop_1860466516","price":62.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781860466519_70d98c87-a792-4813-ae8d-fb43988c9ee0.jpg?v=1778825574","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/jacques-tati-his-life-and-art-9781860466519","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}