French Tobacco Advertising Laws Force Comedian's Posters to Omit Pipe
Trademark accessory erased from Tati retrospective posters in Paris due to tobacco advertising laws
They have allowed him his trilby, mackintosh and engine-powered Solex bicycle. But posters hailing the return to glory of Monsieur Hulot, one of the greats of French comedy, have deprived him of one crucial thing: his pipe.
The trademark accessory that accompanied Jacques Tati's slapstick star throughout his career has been erased from adverts for a Tati retrospective at the Cinémathèque Française after censors feared it broke tobacco advertising laws.
Instead of puffing pensively in the melancholy fashion that endeared him to millions, the star of M Hulot's Holiday has suffered the indignity of appearing on billboards with nothing but a yellow children's windmill in his mouth.
Métrobus, the publicity arm of the Paris public transport network, says allowing M Hulot the freedom to smoke on buses and underground metro platforms would be an infraction of the law banning advertising of alcohol or tobacco.
"It's absurd and risible," Costa Gavras, the president of the Cinémathèque, told Le Parisien newspaper. "I think it would have made him [Tati] die of laughter."
The trademark accessory that accompanied Jacques Tati's slapstick star throughout his career has been erased from adverts for a Tati retrospective at the Cinémathèque Française after censors feared it broke tobacco advertising laws.
Instead of puffing pensively in the melancholy fashion that endeared him to millions, the star of M Hulot's Holiday has suffered the indignity of appearing on billboards with nothing but a yellow children's windmill in his mouth.
Métrobus, the publicity arm of the Paris public transport network, says allowing M Hulot the freedom to smoke on buses and underground metro platforms would be an infraction of the law banning advertising of alcohol or tobacco.
"It's absurd and risible," Costa Gavras, the president of the Cinémathèque, told Le Parisien newspaper. "I think it would have made him [Tati] die of laughter."
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