Trafic

...But that too detached lack of "poison" led to the failure of his fourth film, the 70mm masterpiece Playtime (1967), and drove him to bankruptcy. His fifth film, Trafic (1970), which was not released in Japan, depicts the story of transporting a new model camper van over land, with his usual light-hearted humor and a certain modern relevance. At the age of 61 at the time, he showed off his special skill of hanging upside down with both knees on the branch of a large tree, but this ended up being his last work. ...

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…しかし，そのあまりにも浮世離れした〈毒〉のなさが，第4作の70ミリ大作《プレイタイム》(1967)の失敗を生み，彼を破産に追いこんだ。日本未公開の第5作《交通大戦争Trafic》(1970)では，ニューモデルのキャンピングカーを陸送するという話を，従来のひょうひょうたるユーモアに，それなりの今日性を加味して描いている。当時61歳という年齢で，大木の枝に両ひざをかけて逆さにぶらさがるという特技も見せたが，結局これが遺作となった。…

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