The Irwin Library Film Series returns for its third year with a new theme – Irwin Closet Picks! Honoring the popular Criterion Closet Picks video series, Butler Libraries faculty have picked their favorite Criterion Collection releases from the ‘Irwin Closet’ to showcase this year, and will introduce, contextualize, and appreciate them at this year’s screenings. Criterion publishes “important classic and contemporary films from around the world,” and this year’s series will span black & white, color, in English, foreign language, animated, live action, musical, comedy, fairy tale and more. Popcorn and soda will be available, as well as BCR credit!
Mon Oncle ("My Uncle") was Jacques Tati's biggest international hit, and the best entry to his work. His trademark character Monsieur Hulot (introduced in 1953's "M. Hulot's Holiday") is a bumbling fish out of water across all of Tati's films, but Mon Oncle specifically sets him against his biggest enemy: modern ways and new inventions. While easily read as a satire of automation, gadgetry and consumer society, the film is truly an exploration of Tati's humanism, as Hulot's struggles with his environment are viewed through the appreciative and amused eyes of his young nephew. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Mon Oncle is a thoughtful and yet hilarious film centered around Tati's genius visual and physical comedy.
March 18, 7:30 PM - Irwin Library Instruction Lab
