MY UNCLE / MON ONCLE : IN EASTMAN COLOUR. SCRAPBOOK COMPILED BY A PRESS CUTTING AGENT.

4to. pp. [140], [46], blank. Mainly newspaper cuttings compiled by a press cutting agent, covering the year 1959 when the film was released in England. Original quarter green morocco green cloth boards paper label lettered red on upper cover. The newspaper cuttings include reviews from 'The Times', 'The Daily Telegraph', 'Evening Standard', and other London papers as well as numerous others from local papers. Once again starring Tati in the role of Monsieur Hulot and the first of his films to be released in colour, 'My Uncle', first released in France in 1958 as 'Mon Oncle', won more cinematic awards than any of his other films including the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, a special prize at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The English version was shot at the same time as the original French film but it is nine minutes shorter. There were also slight differences in the staging of the scenes and in the performances. Lower corner of upper cover slightly cracked, covers slightly marked, otherwise very good. Slight wear, otherwise very good.…