Gai dimanche
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Gai Dimanche is a 1935
three reel film written by and starring Jacques Tati
and his friend Rhum
. The pair star as down-and-outs (very much their situation in reality at the time) who try to generate funds by providing an impromptu leisure tour in a rickety bus they wangle use of for free. Released in 1935 and rarely seen today, the film offers brief glimpses and hints towards methods Tati would begin to perfect on the big screen a decade later.
1935 in film
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three reel film written by and starring Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati was a French filmmaker, working as a comedic actor, writer and director. In a poll conducted by Entertainment Weekly of the Greatest Movie Directors Tati was voted the 46th greatest of all time...
and his friend Rhum
Rhum
Rhum can mean a number of things:*the spelling for the Scottish island of Rùm from Victorian times to 1991*an alternative spelling for rum, a distilled beverage made from sugarcane by-products*Rhum gasfield, a gas field in the UK sector of the North Sea...
. The pair star as down-and-outs (very much their situation in reality at the time) who try to generate funds by providing an impromptu leisure tour in a rickety bus they wangle use of for free. Released in 1935 and rarely seen today, the film offers brief glimpses and hints towards methods Tati would begin to perfect on the big screen a decade later.