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What the heck, I figure that this might be fun!
1 favorite = 1 favorite film from each year, working backwards from 2022.
I'm prepared to go as far back as the origins of film itself if it comes to that.
1949: Jour de Fete
Fantastic jazz w/ classics like Stray Dog, DOA., White Heat, Late Spring (my GOD, Yasujiro Ozu, y'all), The Third Man, & if we considered animated shorts, there's Disney's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
But this is Jacques Tati. And I typically don't like to go against Tati (it took Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Harold & Maude to outrank Parade and Trafic, respectively).
This is where Tati started out in feature-length film. Before he breathed life into Monsieur Hulot, Tati graced the screen with a postman whose ineptitude and bumbling mishaps spell disaster for people depending on his deliveries. Things become especially chaotic when that visiting fair comes to town.
I'm a simple man. I see Tati doing comic pratfalls in a French village with inspired set pieces, and I'm happy.
The other films from this year may have had more on their minds, but this one led with its heart. And it's a big warm heart.
