Here is microdot's very special Valentine Day gift for you. A sequence from the greatest bicycle film ever made. Right after the 2nd World war, Jacques Tati made a short feature, L'ecole des Facteurs, The School for Postmen. In it he premiered some of the best bicycle slapstick gags ever conceived. The character, Marcel and the sequence of bike gags became the back bone of his great film, Jour de Fete from 1949. I have both films on video, but there are only a few sequences from L'ecole des Facteurs on YouTube...
The Bicycle Escapes! When Marcel finally catches it, welll....
The Bicycle Escapes! When Marcel finally catches it, welll....
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