#281: TRUFFAUT, François: Jules And Jim (1962)
TRUFFAUT, François (France)
Jules And Jim [1962]
Spine #281
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
Hailed as one of the finest films ever made, Jules and Jim charts, over twenty-five years, the relationship between two friends and the object of their mutual obsession. The legendary François Truffaut directs, and Jeanne Moreau stars as the alluring and willful Catherine, whose enigmatic smile and passionate nature lure Jules (Oskar Werner) and Jim (Henri Serre) into one of cinema's most captivating romantic triangles. An exuberant and poignant meditation on freedom, loyalty, and the fortitude of love, Jules and Jim was a worldwide smash in 1962 and remains every bit as audacious and entrancing today.
106 minutes
Black & White
Black & White
Monaural
in French
2:35:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2014
Director/Writers
Based on the book by Henri-Pierre Roché.
Adaptation and dialogue by Jean Gruault and François Truffaut.
Truffaut was 30 when he directed Jules and Jim.
Other Truffaut films in the Collection:
#5: The 400 Blows (1959)
#315: Shoot The Piano Player (1960)
#749: The Soft Skin (1964)
#186: Stolen Kisses (1968)
#187: Bed And Board (1970)
#769: Day For Night (1973)
#188: Love On The Run (1979)
#462: The Last Metro (1980)
The Film
Other Truffaut films in the Collection:
#5: The 400 Blows (1959)
#315: Shoot The Piano Player (1960)
#749: The Soft Skin (1964)
#186: Stolen Kisses (1968)
#187: Bed And Board (1970)
#769: Day For Night (1973)
#188: Love On The Run (1979)
#462: The Last Metro (1980)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Thirty-four page booklet featuring an essay by critic John Powers, a 1981 piece by Truffaut on Roché, and script notes from Truffaut to Gruault.
Commentary
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The ExtrasThe Booklet
Thirty-four page booklet featuring an essay by critic John Powers, a 1981 piece by Truffaut on Roché, and script notes from Truffaut to Gruault.
Commentary
- Featuring coscreenwriter Gruault, longtime Truffaut collaborator Suzanne Schiffman, editor Claudine Bouché, and film scholar Annette Insdorf.
- Featuring actor Moreau and Truffaut biographer Serge Toubiana.
From The Key to Jules and Jim (1985), a documentary about author Roché and the real-life relationships that inspired the novel and film.
Interviews
Interviews
With Gruault and cinematographer Raoul Coutard.
Conversation
Conversation
Between film scholars Robert Stam and Dudley Andrew.
Excerpt
Excerpt
From a 1965 episode of the French TV program Cinéastes de notre temps dedicated to Truffaut.
Segment
Segment
From a 1969 episode of the French TV show L’invité du dimanche featuring Truffaut, Moreau, and filmmaker Jean Renoir.
Excerpts
Excerpts
From Truffaut’s first appearance on American television, a 1977 interview with New York Film Festival director Richard Roud.
Excerpts
From a 1979 American Film Institute seminar given by Truffaut.
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