"It's like predicting the weather," says Hulot.

“就像天气预测”，胡洛说。

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Trough the paradox of amusement and work, loose structure, and the absence of the hero Hulot, Tati has created an effect of strangerlization.

塔蒂通过对娱乐与工作关系的考察，通过松散的故事、作为主角的于洛的缺席等来制造间离效果。

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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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