In Jacques Tati's Classic Comedy "Monsieur Hulot's Holiday" (1953), Monsieur Hulot buys a tennis racket & the saleswoman shows some whimsical moves with it. Armed with it, Monsieur Hulot starts to play with women & dumbfounds them with his unique serve, which is unreturnable (like Pete Sampras' who was unique in serving aces even on his second serve.) Frustrated, the women retire & men arrive to play him. They are also flummoxed by his unimaginable serve!
In Michaelangelo Antonioni's first English (1966) film "Blow Up", at the end of the film, the photographer hero of the film comes upon some people who are miming playing a tennis match, without a ball! After watching them sometime, he is also drawn into their surreal world by running after & retrieving an imaginary ball hit out of court!
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