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Jules and Jim

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Special edition double-disc set.

Languages

In French, with English subtitles.

Performers

Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2005]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (105 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

This film charts the relationship between two friends and the object of their mutual obsession over the course of twenty-five years. Catherine, an alluring and willful young woman, lures Jules and Jim into one of cinema's most captivating romantic triangles.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the book by Henri-Pierre Roché.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.

Special features: two audio commentaries ; excerpts from the documentary The key to "Jules and Jim" (1985) ; interviews with screenwriter Jean Grualult and cinematographer Raoul Coutard ; conversations between film scholars Robert Stam and Dudley Andrew ; excerpt from a 1965 episode of the French TV program Cineastes de notre temps dedicated to Truffaut ; segment from a 1969 episode of the French TV show Linvite du dimanche ; excerpts from Truffaut's first appearance on American television ; excerpts from a 1979 American Film Institute seminar given by Truffaut ; audio interview with Truffaut from 1980 ; trailer.

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