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	DVD Talk Review: Playtime - Criterion Collection
		Jacques Tati's 1967 masterpiece, Playtime, is one of those special films that entertains as it enlightens.
		Filmed with very little dialogue, the story of Playtime was more like an unreal vision of what could have been the Paris of tomorrow than it was a contemporary take on the city; yet, by showing where people were heading, Tati was able to say some things about where they already were.
		The final image that sticks with the audience as Playtime nears its end is when the courted American woman finds a small brooch shaped like a flower at the bottom of the gift box Hulot gave her.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/read.php?ID=23483 (2440 words)

	The Criterion Collection: Playtime
		This was during the period when Playtime was first showing in the United States, in various cuts over which he had no control, and there were times during our sessions together, often in the late afternoon, when he sank into gloom.
		Playtime is a movie that unfolds entirely in a public space defined by that set.
		Playtime assumes a precise contiguity and continuity with the public space of a theater, where we share its experience with others—just as the customers and employees of the Royal Garden eventually manage to carve out a common social investment in an establishment that’s gradually disintegrating around them.
	www.criterionco.com /asp/release.asp?id=112&eid=498§ion=essay&page=2 (560 words)

	Playtime Review -- Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival
		Jacques Tati's "Playtime," like "2001: A Space Odyssey" or "The Blair Witch Project" or "Russian Ark," is one of a kind, complete in itself, a species already extinct at the moment of its birth.
		Tati made "Playtime" without a story, with dialogue (mostly in English) that is inaudible or disposable, and without a hero.
		In "Playtime," we are surrounded by modern architecture, but glass doors reflect the Eiffel Tower, the Church of the Sacred Heart in Montmartre and the deep blue sky.
	www.ebertfest.com /seven/playtime.htm (1295 words)

	Playtime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Playtime is the epic of the modern world.
		Playtime is firstly a set: the hall of an airport, the interior and surroundings of some modern buildings, and the interior of a restaurant.
		Playtime was to have a very bad career: Hulot is not visible enough, and the number of cinema rooms with 70 mm projectors is too small.
	www.delboy.com /ptus.htm (260 words)

	Playtime Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		Critics have often referred to Playtime as a critique of modern urban society, but it would be silly to take this interpretation too literally: it discounts the obvious delight Tati took in up-to-the-minute contrivances, and neglects the fact that the Paris of the movie never existed — it's a fantasy, an abstraction.
		Playtime is presented in its original theatrical ratio of 1.85:1, with digitally restored picture and Dolby mono sound based on a 35mm interpositive and 35mm mag tracks.
		In the interim, setting the player's aspect ratio to 'widescreen' or 16:9 (as if the viewer has a widescreen TV set) and the television to 4:3 (only necessary if the viewer has a widescreen TV), will cause the supplements to play back in their correct 4:3 full-screen aspect ratio.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=1609 (1025 words)

	The Criterion Collection: Playtime
		I suppose it could be argued that I saw Playtime for the first time in ideal circumstances—as an American tourist in Paris.
		In this respect, Playtime has an unexpected affinity with Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (a film that, incidentally, Tati adored and that also originally clocked in at about 155 minutes)—in its wide-screen project to reeducate us by disrupting some of our basic habits in organizing visual and spatial data.
		Playtime proposed a particularly euphoric form of reengagement with public space, suggesting ways of looking and finding connections, comic and otherwise, between supposedly disconnected street details—not to mention connections between those details and myself.
	www.criterionco.com /asp/release.asp?id=112&eid=498§ion=essay&page=1 (660 words)

	Jacque Tati's Playtime
		"Playtime is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1.
		Obviously, the normally thorough cineastes at The Criterion Collection have made a mistake in their "About the Transfer" declaration on the jacket insert that comes with the newly remastered, two-platter release of Jacques Tati's "Playtime" (retail $39.99), since the aspect ratio of a 65mm film is quite a deal more than 1.85:1.
		What they mean is that the aspect ratio of the 35mm reduction internegative is being presented, not the aspect ratio of the film Tati shot.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003190826 (543 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "Playtime" review (1967) Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Billy Kearns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		"Playtime" opened at an awkward time in Paris, just as all kinds of social revolutions were taking place and it was viewed as an old-fashioned relic.
		"Playtime" is also available on a DVD from the Criterion Collection, which has been the subject of some debate.
		Some of the printings were mastered in the wrong aspect ratio, which cuts off a hint of the image at the sides.
	www.splicedonline.com /95andbefore/playtime_dvd.html (893 words)

	BlueSuitMom.com: Family - Playtime: An Instructive Experience for Parent and Baby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Playtime allows a parent and baby to share glee, and draws a parent into a baby's magical world.
		It is during playtime that parents and babies come to know each other and learn to communicate.
		Talk with children about their play, be sure they have time for their own inventions and fantasies, and appreciate playtime in your own life.
	www.bluesuitmom.com /family/yourbaby/playtime.html (463 words)

	DVD Savant Review: Playtime
		Playtime has to be the most elaborate experimental film ever made, a mime-driven silent comedy on a lavish scale.
		Other critics think that Playtime expresses an apocalyptic vision of man overtaken by his own architecture, but the film is far too optimistic for that.
		Au-delà de "Playtime" is an all-too brief assemblage of behind-the scenes footage showing the construction of the huge sets and Tati working with actors.
	www.dvdtalk.com /dvdsavant/s2094play.html (1694 words)

	Playtime Pet Sitting
		Playtime 4 Petz was created to assist animals and their guardians in achieving an efficient level of understanding and communication.
		Playtime 4 Petz offers top quality pet sitting services in your home when you must travel.
		Playtime’s founder, Christine Finch, is an experienced animal handler, behaviorist, and member of APDT (Association of Pet Dog Trainers), and the APPSA (Arizona Professional Petsitters Association).
	www.playtime4petz.com /index_center.htm (335 words)

	Playtime (Tati, 1967)
		Seen in a theater on a 70 mm print, as it was meant to be seen, the comedy flows through you like a drug and each new high is found in the very next frame or even somewhere else in the existing frame.
		The American influence is increasingly felt in each, until Playtime, where the presence of American tourists, large skyscrapers, obsession with useless gadgets, and the barriers the modern world places between individual communication is the sign of cultural domination.
		To categorize this film as a comedy is doing it a major disservice, as it far greater than the sum of its laughs and gags - it is a new way of seeing the world around us and is both life affirming in its vision and brilliant in its satire.
	www.cinematicreflections.com /Playtime.html (589 words)

	Playtime Nanny Agency
		Playtime Nanny Agency Childcare Recruitment are specialists covering Surrey and the surrounding areas.
		Playtime was established in 1990 by Lisa Ellesley who is an experienced and qualified nursery nurse and mother of two.
		These qualifications allow an understanding, on a personal level of how important it is to find the right childcare and nanny position.
	www.playtimenannies.co.uk (152 words)

	Jacques Tati
		Playtime, which Tati worked on for nearly the whole span of time since Mon Oncle, which netted him the Academy Award as well as the Cannes Film Festival's Prix spécial du Jury, was extremely costly, with journalists estimating the budget as being anywhere between five and twelve million francs.
		The project was beset by disaster: in August of 1964, when Tativille - the miniature city that had to be built to accommodate the director's vision - was almost finished, gusts of wind knocked down many of the structures, causing over one million in damages.
		At the time of this writing, I know of two upcoming showings of Playtime: a remastered 70mm print at the 2002 Festival de Cannes, and a 16mm print that will be shown on June 9 at the Galapagos Art & Performance Space in Brooklyn, New York.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/directors/02/tati.html (2543 words)

	Punctuation Playtime Proves Learning Can Be Fun
		Punctuation Playtime, a lively, interactive program of performances and activities that teaches proper punctuation in fun ways to students in grades 1-3, débuts this fall as part of the third year celebration of National Punctuation Day®.
		PINOLE, CA (PRWEB) August 24, 2006 -- Punctuation Playtime, a lively, interactive program of performances and activities that teaches proper punctuation in fun ways to students in grades 1-3, débuts this fall as part of the third year celebration of National Punctuation Day®.
		Punctuation Playtime's début coincides with National Punctuation Day® on September 24, a holiday listed in Chases's Calendar of Events as a celebration of the lowly comma, correctly used quotes and other proper uses of periods, semicolons and the ever-mysterious ellipsis.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2006/8/emw427325.htm (457 words)

	Geoteaming(tm) brand corporate teambuilding with PlayTime, Inc.
		Geocaching.com has partnered with PlayTime, Inc. to be the OFFICIAL corporate event and team building company for Geocaching.com.
		PlayTime, Inc. designs innovative team building and corporate events for maximum training results.
		This CEO and self-described “Big Kid with the Old Soul” was recently recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal for being one of the top 40 entrepreneurs under the age of 40 and written up in the Wall Street Journal for his accomplishments.
	www.geocaching.com /geoteaming (452 words)

	Playtime for active cats and dogs - scratchpoles, play areas and pats and cuddles
		Our Staff also organise a geriatric group as well, which normaly isn’t quite as active but all the dogs involved still love a wander through the grassy play areas and a chat with those maybe even more senior than them.
		Playtime is fully supervised and love, pats and cuddles are handed out with gay abandon.
		This is why we now offer our Playtime Plus and Playtime Extreme to supplement our own group playtime.
	www.calabashkennels.com.au /playtime.htm (315 words)

	The Homeless Children's Playtime Project
		All families deserve the opportunity to have a family picture, and many families who lose their housing are unable to salvage personal belongings; many families living in shelters do not own a photograph of their child.
		Mission: The mission of the Homeless Children's Playtime Project is to nurture healthy child development and reduce the effects of trauma among children living in emergency family shelters in the District of Columbia.
		Who We Are: The Homeless Children's Playtime Project (HCPP) is a coalition of concerned community members providing weekly activities, healthy snacks, and opportunities for play to the children at the D.C. Village Emergency Family Shelter and the Turning Point Transitional Housing Program.
	www.playtimeproject.org /index.htm (709 words)

	Welcome to Playtime Quilts, Fabric and Quilting
		At Playtime Quilts, our goal is to provide a comfortable place for you to enhance your creativity.
		By providing a varied selection of products and services Playtime Quilts helps quilters spend more time creating memories to last for generations to come.
		To us, quilting is (of course) Playtime – a time to interact with other quilters, to share experience and knowledge, to learn new things, to perhaps solve a problem, and to ooh-and-aah over the latest creations.
	www.playtimequilts.com /default.htm (318 words)

	Pediatricians urge harried parents to give kids more free playtime \| KOMO-TV - Seattle, Washington \| Health
		Many parents load their children's schedules with get-smart videos, enrichment activities and lots of classes in a drive to help them excel.
		If it occurs because young children are plopped in front of get-smart videos or older children lose school recess time, it can increase risks for obesity.
		Social pressures and marketing pitches about creating "super children" contribute to a lack of playtime for many families.
	www.komotv.com /news/health/4342926.html (617 words)

	Amazon.com: Playtime - Criterion Collection: DVD: Luce Bonifassy,Valérie Camille,Evy Cavallaro,France ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		PLAYTIME was the third in the Hulot series.
		He bankrupted himself shooting it in 70mm on a stretch of land he had to lease-constructing a whole city set-which came to be called Tativille.
		PLAYTIME, much like the rest of Tati's oeuvre (especially the Hulot series) isn't so much about comedy (at least not the ha-ha-hehe comedy...
	amazon.com /Playtime-Criterion-Collection-Luce-Bonifassy/dp/B00005B1ZM (2160 words)

	Sheet Music Plus - PlayTime Piano Popular
		Along with the ever popular "Thompson's Teaching Little Fingers to Play" book, she was started on PlayTime...
		PlayTime Piano More Popular By Nancy & Randall Faber...
		PlayTime Piano Jazz Blues By Nancy & Randall Faber...
	www.sheetmusicplus.com /store/smp_detail.html?cart=8020801982&type=rec&item=12368 (155 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Playtime [1967]: DVD: Jacques Tati,Barbara Dennek,Sharon Maiden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Tati's alter ego, the ever polite, angular Monsieur Hulot, is let loose on a Paris dominated by modern offices, pristine glass surfaces and scurrying, over-officious French nine-to-fivers.
		In fact, I would go as far as to say that the Big Guy of Cinema must have had DVD in mind when he thought of PLAYTIME, as this is one of those classics which you will want to see again and again, and not get bored doing so.
		I had a very, very vague memory of seeing Playtime many years ago in a double-bill with Tati's Trafic and finding the experience a painful and almost completely laughter-free one (although Trafic did have one great sight gag involving changing a car wheel).
	www.amazon.co.uk /Playtime-Jacques-Tati/dp/B0002CVMBM (1628 words)

	Channel4.com - SlashMusic - Workers Playtime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		WORKERS PLAYTIME finds Billy Bragg continuing his proud tradition of mixing earnest tales of failed romance with unapologetically leftist political rants, a melange addressed rather humbly on the powerful, anthemic closer, "Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards".
		His lyrical wit is also at an apex, from the wordplay of "The Short Answer" to the soulful drama of the timeless-sounding "Valentine's Day Is Over".
		Political numbers are few, but potent--"Rotting On Remand" has a Tin Pan Alley feel and decries the desperate state of Britain's penal system, while Bragg is stripped to his sparest yet on the a cappella "Tender Comrade".
	www.channel4.com /music/music-core/album.jsp?albumId=16117 (159 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Playtime : Main
		Arriving nearly a decade after Mon Oncle, Playtime continues the adventures of M. Hulot.
		A miraculous achievement by any stretch of the imagination, Playtime was the movie that both sank Jacques Tati's career and cemented his critical reputation.
		Playtime takes as its setting an ultra-modern Paris w...
	www.vh1.com /movies/movie/70540/moviemain.jhtml (132 words)

	Neil Marr and Tim Field's book Bullycide: death at playtime, ISBN 0952912120, exposes the secret toll of child suicide ...
		Using a blend of powerful testimony, moving narrative, insightful analysis and practical advice, Bullycide: death at playtime validates the experience of being bullied at school and enables scars to heal, trauma to diminish, self-esteem to return and confidence to grow.
		The book reveals negative stereotypes ("weak", "sensitive" etc) to be projections of the bully's own weakness and inadequacy and that so-called "victim characteristics" are misperceptions of strengths to be valued and cherished.
		Bullycide: death at playtime gives families and children who have been driven to suicide by bullying a voice to enable the truth to be heard, sometimes for the first time.
	www.successunlimited.co.uk /books/bullycid.htm (914 words)

	Acrylics Classroom, April 2005 - plein air playtime! - Page 8 - WetCanvas!
		Acrylics Classroom, April 2005 - plein air playtime!
		While not wet, I thought I'd share one of the drawings I made after your first lesson, and the only one I could convert into a jpeg from my docking station.
		Wendy, it does look like you are moving along at a good pace and your work is really really good.
	www.wetcanvas.com /forums/showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=262430 (973 words)

	March '05 Playtime! - WetCanvas!
		And some of the beads I made during Playtime.
		And it isn't nearly as fattening as long as you don't eat the beads.
		Remember, playtime isn't about perfect results or perfect beads - it's just about what happens when you're taking the time to play around, relax, experiment, and enjoy your time at the torch - as opposed to having to make that perfect showcase bead or working on your current 'project'.
	www.wetcanvas.com /forums/showthread.php?t=255249&goto=nextoldest (1302 words)

	Amazon.ca: Finger playtime, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Playtime Piano Hymns Level One Five Finger Melodies by Edwin McLean (Paperback - Jul 1988)
		Playtime Piano Popular Level One Five Finger Melodies by Edwin McLean (Paperback - Jun 15 2000)
		Playtime Piano Christmas Level I Five Finger Melodies by Edwin McLean (Paperback - Jul 1988)
	www.amazon.ca /s/702-5028630-3520031?ie=UTF8&keywords=Finger%20playtime%2C&search-type=ss&tag=cuscom0b-20&index=blended&dev-t=D2Y5TUCCVJ7DGE&link%5Fcode=qs (130 words)

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