I attended the University of Pittsburgh in 2003.  It was largely a waste of time, but a few good things did come from my time there.  I took a couple classes at the Pittsburgh Filmmakers, where I was able to work with film and do my own editing.   I made some friends, suprisingly.  And, despite them generally being a waste of time, I discovered two really awesome films in my film analysis classes.  The first being my favorite musical of all time, Singin' in the Rain.  The other one was a French film about the reconstruction after WW2.  The tragedy was that I completely forgot what the title was, or who directed it. 

The result was that for nigh on six years, I've been wondering what this very colourful French absurdist, largely visual film was called.  I remember the dialogue wasn't important, the main(mostly mute) character worked at a car factory, and there was one of those Tomorrowland houses.

Today, while surfing through the channels, I finally saw it.  It's on TCM, right now, and a quick search revealed that the name is Mon Oncle, directed by Jacques Tati.  According to Wikipedia, it's one of the Monsieur Herlot films.  It's just as good as I remember it.

I'd really like to see the other two movies.  Has anyone else seen them?

Currently reading: Mon Oncle- Jacques Tati
Currently feeling: pleased
Posted by Narzack on February 11, 2009 at 03:58 PM | Get some!

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