(aka 'Jules and Jim')
France 1962
Hailed as one of the finest films ever made, legendary director François Truffaut’s early masterpiece Jules and Jim charts the relationship between two friends and the object of their mutual obsession over the course of twenty-five years. French film icon Jeanne Moreau stars as Catherine, the alluring and willful young woman 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 upon its release in 1962 and remains as audacious and entrancing today.
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Theatrical Release: January 23rd, 1962 - France
DVD Review: Criterion (2-disc) - Region 1 - NTSC
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Distribution | Criterion Collection - Spine # 281 - Region 1 - NTSC | |
(click titles for DVDBeaver reviews) Criterion also available in The Essential Art House - 50 Years of Janus Films - a 50-disc celebration of international films collected under the auspices of the groundbreaking theatrical distributor. It contains Alexander Nevsky (1938), Ashes And Diamonds (1958), L'avventura (1960), Ballad Of A Soldier (1959), Beauty And The Beast (1946), Black Orpheus (1959), Brief Encounter (1945), The Fallen Idol (1948), Fires On The Plain (1959), Fists In The Pocket (1965), Floating Weeds (1959), Forbidden Games (1952), The 400 Blows (1959), Grand Illusion (1937), Häxan (1922), Ikiru (1952), The Importance Of Being Earnest (1952), Ivan The Terrible, Part II (1958), Le Jour Se Lève (1939), Jules And Jim (1962), Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949), Knife In The Water (1962), The Lady Vanishes (1938), The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943), Loves Of A Blonde (1965), M (1931), M. Hulot's Holiday (1953), Miss Julie (1951), Pandora's Box (1929), Pépé Le Moko (1937), Il Posto (1961), Pygmalion (1938), Rashomon (1950), Richard III (1955), The Rules Of The Game (1939), Seven Samurai (1954), The Seventh Seal (1957), The Spirit Of The Beehive (1973), La Strada (1954), Summertime (1955), The Third Man (1949), The 39 Steps (1935), Ugetsu (1953), Umberto D. (1952), The Virgin Spring (1960), Viridiana (1961), The Wages Of Fear (1953), The White Sheik (1952), Wild Strawberries (1957), Three Documentaries By Saul J. Turell plus the hardcover, full color 240-page book. |
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Runtime | 1:46:08 | |
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2.42:1
Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 7.7 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
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Audio | French (Dolby Digital 2.0) | |
Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information:
Edition Details: • Two
audio commentaries: one featuring co-writer Jean Grault, Truffaut
collaborator Suzanne Schiffman, editor Claudine Bouche, and Truffaut
scholar Annette Insdorf; the other featuring legendary actress Jeanne
Moreau and Truffaut biographer Serge Toubiana |
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This seems pretty good folks. In case there were any doubters as to whether the image transfer of this Criterion release wouldn't eclipse the competition (namely MK2 and to a far lesser degree the the old Fox edition), we have made small comparison with those discs with the first large capture of Jeanne Moreau. The Fox is stretched and less sharp, the MK2 is saturated. You may recall we had quite a debate about the aspect ratio in THIS (very old) comparison and went to great pains to determine which was more correct. Criterion has easily dispelled any potential queries here without measuring circles for roundness... or squares for correct geometric consistency. See HERE and HERE (Perhaps NY Times critic Manhola Dargis was correct in referring to us as 'fetishistic geeks'). Back to the Criterion - Louis has identified some flaws (below). I see good film grain and excellent contrast - perfect shadow detail. Original audio track, excellent subtitles, 2 commentaries and 2nd disc of stacked extra features including interviews and old TV excerpts. Really, this is a zenith pinnacle for any Truffaut fans. If I ever do find anything wrong I'll post it here. NOTE:
Louis says: I want to call your attention to a huge blunder on
Criterion’s “Jules and Jim". There is a sequence in which,
incredibly, left and right are reversed. The reversal does not occur on
the Fox/Lorber version. I will use the Criterion timings to describe the
problem. Note when I say “left” or “right” I mean in relation to the
frame as we look at it. (Thanks Louis) As we verify and
obtain more information we will post it here. |
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Recommended Reading on Truffaut / French Cinema (CLICK COVERS or TITLES for more information)
The Films in My Life |
François Truffaut by Annette Insdorf |
HITCHCOCK (REVISED EDITION)
by Helen G. Scott, Francois Truffaut |
The French New Wave: An Artistic School by Michel Marie, Richard John Neupert, Richard Neupert |
A History of the French New Wave Cinema by Richard Neupert |
French New Wave
by Jean Douchet, Robert Bonnono, Cedric Anger, Robert Bononno |
French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present by Remi Fournier Lanzoni |
Truffaut: A Biography by Antoine do Baecque and Serge Toubiana |
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Distribution | Criterion Collection - Spine # 281 - Region 1 - NTSC | |
(click titles for DVDBeaver reviews) Criterion also available in The Essential Art House - 50 Years of Janus Films - a 50-disc celebration of international films collected under the auspices of the groundbreaking theatrical distributor. It contains Alexander Nevsky (1938), Ashes And Diamonds (1958), L'avventura (1960), Ballad Of A Soldier (1959), Beauty And The Beast (1946), Black Orpheus (1959), Brief Encounter (1945), The Fallen Idol (1948), Fires On The Plain (1959), Fists In The Pocket (1965), Floating Weeds (1959), Forbidden Games (1952), The 400 Blows (1959), Grand Illusion (1937), Häxan (1922), Ikiru (1952), The Importance Of Being Earnest (1952), Ivan The Terrible, Part II (1958), Le Jour Se Lève (1939), Jules And Jim (1962), Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949), Knife In The Water (1962), The Lady Vanishes (1938), The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943), Loves Of A Blonde (1965), M (1931), M. Hulot's Holiday (1953), Miss Julie (1951), Pandora's Box (1929), Pépé Le Moko (1937), Il Posto (1961), Pygmalion (1938), Rashomon (1950), Richard III (1955), The Rules Of The Game (1939), Seven Samurai (1954), The Seventh Seal (1957), The Spirit Of The Beehive (1973), La Strada (1954), Summertime (1955), The Third Man (1949), The 39 Steps (1935), Ugetsu (1953), Umberto D. (1952), The Virgin Spring (1960), Viridiana (1961), The Wages Of Fear (1953), The White Sheik (1952), Wild Strawberries (1957), Three Documentaries By Saul J. Turell plus the hardcover, full color 240-page book. |