#Jules and Jim

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JULES ET JIM (François Truffaut, 1962)

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[lecineaste]

Jules and Jim by François Truffaut

[taigacryptid]

today in my history of film class, we watched and had a discussion on Jules and Jim (1962) so spoilers for that.

spoiler free: LOVED this movie. the cinematography, the characters, the metaphors and visual storytelling, augh perfect

with spoilers:

my classmates almost immediately started the discussion with attempts to diagnose Catherine, claiming she was bipolar and narcissistic or simply insane. which BAFFLED me. all the focus was on her possibly being mentally ill and trying to stick a label on her. there's def a discussion to be had about mental health, but it shouldn't be about saying Catherine's a bad person. she's good and bad, she's a faithful wife and a slut, she's devoted yet flippant, stubborn yet free-spirited. she wants to start a family with every man she loves, but she also wants to have risk and fun and adventure and be tied down to nothing.

that discussion point was also very reminiscent of how feminist women would be discredited by men who claimed those women were crazy and shouldn't be trusted with any political power like the right to vote. shit like that is still spewed by misogynists who think women would start wars when they have their periods. unwarranted focus on mental health is only used to strip others of their autonomy by putting their opposition in mental asylums or prisons.

before this, we watched In the Mood for Love (2000) and Madame Brouette (2002) and mental health was never brought up. Mrs. Chan and Mati were both championed as complex women with relatable motivations and feelings. Mrs.Chan was never called depressed, and Mati was never called bipolar or dangerous. my classmates never afforded Catherine any of the same understanding or sympathy, she was simply crazy.

people love to go "i wanna see complex female characters!" and then they can't handle Catherine from Jules and Jim, or Korra from Legend of Korra, or Katara or Toph from Avatar The Last Airbender, or Catherine from SOMA, or Himeno or Makima from Chainsaw Man, or Marcille from Dungeon Meshi, or Gwen from Spiderverse, or Mae from Night in the Woods, or Caroline from Portal 2

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François Truffaut and Jeanne Moreau photographed by Raymond Cauchetier on the set of JULES AND JIM.

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Jeanne Moreau - 'Jules et Jim' , François Truffaut , 1962.

[finalgirlguy]

favorite first time watches of december 🌬️☕️💌

suicide club (2001) – really surprised by this one!!! it’s surreal and campy and fun but still there’s a lot of heart which i think is the perfect way to deal with a wave of suicidal teenagers raised by the internet. several moments where i just clapped with glee oh i need to watch more japanese horror

when the cat comes (1963) – it’s abt this small czech town and what happens when a cat shows up that shows if people are liars or cheaters or lovers. the practical effects are sooo gorgeous specially the stuff borrowed from circus craft. and it’s so sweet to see all of these idealistic children in love with the world protecting the cat you see the world through the children’s eyes it’s lovely

jules and jim (1962) – didn’t expect to like this so much!!! specially what it has to say abt freedom was very touching to me like the scene where she dresses as a man and runs and you feel like you can taste the liberty and the relief in your tongue

thoroughbreds (2017) – yayyyy complex relationships between teenage girls!!! it’s so intoxicating i was sucked in and truly i love movies about the violent ways teenage girls love each other this was great

saltburn (2023) – can i be completely honest with you. it’s kind of an empty movie. it’s a movie that gives the appearance of ‘having something to say’ but doesn’t say anything. nevertheless it’s gorgeous and sooo fun. it’s fun to see a guy psychosexually obsessed consuming bodily fluids with a great soundtrack

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Jules et Jim, Francois Truffaut, 1962

[cinemajunkie70]

A very happy birthday in the afterlife to François Truffaut!!

[bellamysgriffin]

another poem i recently published inspired by my current truffaut interest. anyway jules and jim is the best movie ever

[byneddiedingo]

Jeanne Moreau, Henri Serre, and Oskar Werner in Jules and Jim (François Truffaut, 1962)

Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino, Serge Rezvani, Anny Nelsen, Sabine Haudepin, Marie Dubois, Michel Subor. Screenplay: François Truffaut, Jean Gruault, based on a novel by Henri-Pierre Roché. Cinematography: Raoul Coutard. Production design: Fred Capel. Film editing: Claudine Bouché. Music: Georges Delerue.

Catherine (Jeanne Moreau) is insane, and Jules (Oskar Werner) and Jim (Henri Serre) love each other more than either of them loves Catherine. That's obviously a reductive way of looking at the movies' most famous ménage à trois, but it's my takeaway from the most recent viewing of Truffaut's masterpiece. Why is Catherine insane? one should ask. Because she's a free spirit trapped in a woman's body when freedom for women can be glimpsed but not fully achieved. Note how liberated she becomes when she dresses as a man, smoking a stogie (pace Dr. Freud, but sometimes a cigar is more than just a cigar) and providing a light for a strange man outside of a pissoir. And at no time do Jules and Jim find her more sexually desirable, I think. Naturally, she marries Jules, the more repressed of the two, and finds further liberation by cheating on him rather than falling into the socially respectable roles of wife and mother. As for the "bromance" of Jules and Jim, that too skirts societal disapproval: The narrator tells us that their friendship was much talked about. Even separated by a war that puts them on opposing sides, each worries that he may find himself killing the other. But they survive, only to find Catherine testing their friendship. That it survives the test until Catherine kills one of them is the film's deepest irony. And Catherine is never able to find the freedom she seeks, even after death: Her desire to have her ashes scattered to the winds is thwarted by "the regulations," as the narrator (Michel Subor) tells us. It is, of course, one of the great films, made so by Moreau's tremendous performance, by Georges Delerue's score, and by Raoul Coutard's cinematography, but most of all by Truffaut's direction and (with Jean Gruault) endlessly fascinating script. Even Jules and Catherine's daughter, Sabine, is perfectly presented: Sabine Haudepin is one of the least affected, least annoying child performers ever to appear on screen.

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Jules and Jim (1962) /  Jules et Jim

[thatgeekwiththeclipons]

Remembering Academy Award Nominated, BAFTA Winning, César Winning filmmaker François Truffaut. ^__^

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Jules and Jim by François Truffaut

[justlikedylansmrjones]

first of all I love this photo of Paul bcs he looks beautiful but also its really giving lady who drew a moustache on herself

like it immediately reminded me of Catherine crossdressing in 'Jim et Jules'

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jules et jim (1962)

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thinking about writing an angsty spookyface fic where we are quite literally just vessels for the blurryfaceish creatures to live in so they’d say things to eachother like “oh my fucking god spooky my vessel is so gay for your vessel we should make them kiss” and “blurry my vessel is rumbling what do I do” “spooky you need to eat. Force him to eat somebody”