WEBAt the time of its making, "Playtime" (1967) was the most expensive film in French history. Tati filmed it in "Tativille," an enormous set outside Paris that reproduced an airline terminal, city streets, high rise buildings, …

WEBJacques Tati’s Playtime is not one of those films. In many ways, the film is its own universe— Playtime ‘s colossal set was nicknamed “Tativille” because of its huge scale. For all the film’s immensity, though, Tati lost …

WEBTo shoot Playtime, in 1964 Tati constructed a giant set on wasteland near Vincennes outside Paris, a 162,000 sq ft down-scaled pseudocity that ate up 65,000 cubic yards of concrete, 42,300 sq ft of plastic, 34,2000 sq ft …