O Criterion, where art thou? Mr. Hulot’s Holiday, Mon Oncle, and Playtime have all been given the treatment, but this little gem is left out in the cold. And it has such an interesting history, I can already envision the two-disc package: first disc is the original color version of the film (done in "Thomson-color," a process that was done in before the actual film was shown), disc two the black and white (with hand-drawn colorized touches by Tati himself). Both would have commentary from a biographer, film history expert, or scholar of slapstick physical comedy, documentaries about Tati’s early career and impact, and silent film shorts as well as modern day examples to draw parallels and place this kind of comedic brilliance in historical perspective.

I don’t know, I’d buy it. Instead, we have some jankety Australian version that won’t even play in my DVD player. Or, my downloaded copy of the black and white version that didn’t even have subtitles.