I’m sure he’ll have been aware of them. I just instantly thought of the triptych when I saw you post (which I’d never seen before so thanks for that).

Weirdly, Richard Morton Jack’s book has been the basis for the final round on Pointless tonight.

Same.

I think I’m in the same boat as you then. I do recommend an early short he did, L’ecole des Factuers, as it’s the only thing of his I’ve ever laughed at. And if you hate it, it’s only 16 minutes long.

Unexpected Tati scepticism. Is it all his stuff or just Playtime?

Yes but that crowd noise booing him is far louder than I expected. Heartening.

His breakthrough role. At the time of release he got glowing reviews in the then-massive lad mags sphere.

Yeah, that is exactly what it feels like. Amazed it got in front of a camera.