Jules and Jim, (Francois Truffaut, 1962)
Yes, I've clearly been trapped in the Criterion Channel's French New Wave collection lately. The other night I watched Truffaut's 1962 film Jules and Jim, a film that I somehow don't think I had ever seen (which seems unbelievable). Jules (Oskar Werner) and Jim (Henri Serre) spend years being drawn into the snare of Catherine (played, brilliantly and sulkily, by Jeanne Moreau). Seriously, has anyone paired with Jeanne Moreau in a film ended up happy or even undamaged? I have this theory that you had to live through the French New Wave to truly get the French New Wave, in that often a work of art or a series of works of art ca so change the world that it almost makes it impossible to appreciate how significant they are.
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