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An investigation into Jacques Tatischeff's comedy films: The comedy genre as the efficient tool for portraying the director's main theme

This study will investigate into the primary role of comedy films in terms of being a tool for portraying various themes of directors. Jacques Tatischeff, who has been well known as a modern france comic hero in our cinema history but also a great comedy writer and director, always tried to pursuit the sound way of creating real valuable and realistic comedy films which could make the audience understand clearly what the real meaning of 'Ideal Modernization of France' is. Jacques Tatischeff firmly believed that the old tradition of France should be kept safely for also the future generation. Therefore Tatischeff used his great talent in portraying realistic and comic cinema in terms of portraying the reality of his nation and society, and he always tried to show the possibility of ideal France society in terms of 'Anti-Americanization' and also 'Sound Modernization'. This paper will also deal with the principles and methods which Jacques Tatischeff did use in terms of creating realistic comedy films. Also in addition to the analysis of Tati's great comedies, we will also carefully investigate into the true conceptions of 'Americanization' and 'Modernization' in terms of france modern society history. But the research also dealt with the primary role of comedy films in general. Jacques Tatischeff seemed to have the strong belief that his comedy films could portray clearly the reality of France modern society. Tatischeff's comedy films could gave the audience the clear view of the futuristic comedy genre which could expand the conception of post modernistic comedy films. In fact, Tatischeff's films were not only based on the existing comedy convention but also on the realistic ideas and facts which Tatischeff always cared about. As a realistic and a thoughtful film director, Jacques Tatischeff could show the audience the realistic conception of futuristic and post modernistic comedy films. The paper will also look into the basic and fundamental principles of how comedy films should be created in terms of being post modern comedy films. In addition we will also see and learn how Jacques Tatischeff could create the new comedy with his new techniques. Lastly, Jacques Tati's new conception of comedy films, which could be defined as 'comic cinema', should be investigated fully and carefully in this study because his new and creative notion about comedy film might be the new ideal model for creating realistic comedy films in our future history of the cinema. In conclusion, in order to explore fully the true conception of ideal comedy films, I firmly believe that the conception of Tatischeff's ideal comedy might be very helpful for learning rules of making realistic and modernistic comedy films.