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Jules and Jim (1962)
Topic Started: Jul 1 2008, 06:41 AM (108 Views)
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Jules and Jim are a pair of fast friends; the former is French, the latter is Austrian, and they meet a few years before the Great War and experience all the fun of life, including a chance encounter with Catherine (the incredible Jeanne Moreau), who turns them into a trio. She marries the steady Jim, but he'll never be able to keep her amused. Jules can, but Catherine is too wild even for him. The film tells what happens to them over the next 25 years.

This film, by François Truffaut, is amazing as the audience seems to be a winged creature, flitting in on the trio from time to time to see how they're doing. Truffaut underplays everything; the action and dialog are so subtle that we can't be certain what we're viewing at any particular moment is important or not, so everything is important. (Well, when Catherine throws herself into the river, you know that's important.) It's brilliant filmmaking. The Criterion is a 2-disc set with many interviews and vintage pieces about the filmmakers. A classic, and Moreau's Catherine -- although she didn't make the title of the film -- is unforgettable.
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