Excerpt from Bazin "Mr. Hulot and Time"

Christiana 2022-03-12 08:01:02

From: Bazin "Mr. Hulot and Time", translated by Cui Junyan

However, if we wish to start the analysis from the character, then we will immediately see that, unlike the improvised comedy tradition that has been carried on through the burlesque comedy, the character's Uniqueness lies in a certain incompleteness of it. The protagonist of an improv comedy represents the nature of a comedy, and the role of the character is distinct and consistent. On the contrary, M. Hulot seems to be characterized by a shyness to fully affirm his own existence. He is always hesitant and elusive: he elevates the sense of fear to an ontological principle. However, it is this detached attitude of M. Hulot from the world around him that must be the cause of all unpleasant events, because it does not conform to the norms of interest and of society. Mr. Hulot is by nature anachronistic. However, this is not to say that M. Hulot is clumsy. On the contrary, M. Hulot is extremely graceful, an "angel of impetuousness", and the chaos he causes is a chaos of tenderness and freedom. Significantly, the only child in the film is a character that is both graceful and utterly endearing. Only the kids don't come here for "vacation assignments". The children don't care about Mr. Luo. He is their badge and can always get along closely. Like children, he doesn't think it's disrespectful to play games, and he doesn't care about which kind of entertainment is elegant and which kind of entertainment is low. If there was only one person dancing at the masquerade, it would be Mr. Hulo, and he was taking it easy with the emptiness around him. The fireworks kept as ordered by the retired major were reimbursed by Hulot with a single match.

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Extended Reading
  • Torrey 2022-04-23 07:05:18

    #2017Northern Film Festival#@Archive’s big screen to watch everyone have fun together, it won’t have the same effect if you watch it yourself

  • Colten 2022-04-22 07:01:55

    The location shooting schedule is limited, and the laughter arrangement is also scattered, but it is more real and cute. Just look at the scene where the waves hit the dye bucket, and this requires more disabled montages, which may be A precious awareness inherited from Lumiere. At the same time, the sound not only strengthens the comical action, but also becomes a vivid "ventriloquism" performance independently of the picture.

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday quotes

  • Opening Titles: Mr. Hulot is off for a week by the sea. Take a seat behind his camera, and you can spend it with him. Don't look for a plot, for a holiday is meant purely for fun, and if you look for it, you will find more fun in ordinary life than in fiction.

  • Hotel Proprietor: Monsieur? Ah, see. Monsieur? What? Allow me.

    [removes Hulot's pipe]

    Monsieur Hulot: Hulot. H-U-L-O-T.