That is, Mr. Hulot is proof that the unexpected or the incongruous can always occur and disrupt the order of imbeciles, in the process transforming an inner tube into a funeral wreath, or a mournful burial into a pleasurable celebration . . . of life."

This is an article by the great French critic Andre Bazin.  It is a famous essay on Time in the films of Jacques Tati.  In summary Hulot "existing in the fluidity of time" disrupts the impoverishment of the well ordered world.

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