Jacques Tati's The School for Postmen

[KevM]

A 15 minute short film from 1947 - Jacques Tati's The School for Postmen

Fantastic physical comedy.

 

[Steve Maskery]

Very good, on many levels. Simple humour, but it must have been very carefully staged in some places.
S

 

[Paul Chapman]

Brilliant.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[wellywood]

Great stuff. Obviously the inspiration for his character in the film 'Jour de fete'.

 

[DonJohnson]

Having shown a 16mm version of 'Monsieur Hulot's Holiday' at college and loved it, I tried to get hold of 'Jour de Fete' - to no avail. I looked for it over the years at various local cinemas, but never managed to get to one showing it on the correct day. I DID see 'Mon Oncle', and 'Trafic', but still yearned for the one I had missed.
Forty years later, I saw it was showing in an art cinema in London, so left work early, drove at high speed to near Harrods, paid a fortune in a car park, ran to the cinema - only to find people standing outside with cocktails. When I asked about 'Jour de Fete', they said that the cinema had been taken over for a private party that evening! :evil: :evil: :evil:

Eventually, I got a DVD. :shock:

Thanks for linking to this short, which does indeed cover some of the 'business' used in 'Jour de Fete', but the slickness of the timing is superb.