Playtime DVD Japanese 'Rosie' Director: Paddy Breathnach (2018)

'Rosie' Director: Paddy Breathnach (2018) Written by Roddy Doyle

meditative film

The simple story of an elderly couple's trip from rural Japan to Tokyo to visit their children provides the basis for a nuanced look at human relations

Kirk Douglas stars as the ambitious newspaper reporter who stumbles across  a potentially career making story which he begins to influence

The story of a fascist flunky who

Playtime DVD Japanese 'Rosie' Director: Paddy Breathnach (2018)'PlayTime' Director: Jacques Tati (1967) French w English subtitles Magical filmmaking from Tati. Monsieur Hulot wanders around a high tech, architecturally modernist Paris bringing chaos to the planned settings. Filmed mostly in wide shots which allow our eyes to move across the space in the frame taking in delightful details and wry observations on humankind.