Hulot, the French bureaucrat in charge of holidays, is a twit who should be fired forthwith.

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Imagine Monsieur Hulot unleashed upon Jerusalem and you will not be far off.

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" I have a hunch that he means the tough-minded Tati who made "Playtime" -- a difficult, seldom-seen experimental comedy that also starts with drum riffs on the soundtrack -- more than the gently whimsical Tati who puffed a pipe and toted a butterfly net in "Mr. Hulot's Holiday.

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In the two zones of action (they hardly count as stories), Tati plays Monsieur Hulot, a tall, spring-jointed, aging Everyman who goes to see a bureaucrat about a document, while a busload of American tourists blithely disembark in a Paris of iconic landmarks that they see only fleetingly as distant reflections in glass doors.

NEWYORKER: Playtime