References to New Babylon?

Where Constant sees an optimistic nomadic future in automation Playtime’s main character Mr. Hulot, played by Tati himself, and a group of American tourists get lost in a futuristic Paris.

Hulot, and a group of American tourists attempt to navigate a futuristic Paris constructed of straight lines, modernist glass and steel high-rise buildings, multi-lane roadways, and cold, artificial furnishings. In this environment, only the irrepressible nonconformity of human nature and an occasional appreciation for the good old days breathe life into an otherwise sterile urban lifestyle. Modern industrial technologies, accepted as necessary by society, are represented by Tati as obstructions to daily life and an interference to natural human interaction (Wikipedia)