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jyap | 1 year ago
Playtime works wonderfully as a cinematic satire of contemporary society and our roles.
The film's office scenes are particularly striking because they visualize the dehumanizing aspects of modern office design that cubicle farms would later become notorious for - the uniformity, the loss of privacy despite physical separation, and the way architecture can make people behave more like components in a machine than individuals.
The thing about Playtime is the constant onslaught of appropriate explorations on the theme of an increasingly technical life.
By the time the end of Playtime rolls by, what you get is an examination of what it is like to be human and hopefully you feel a sense of joy in being a part of the human race.
tpm|1 year ago