Under the lens of cultural and historical context, as well as understanding the reflective nature of popular culture, it's hard not to read this film as a cautionary tale about the limitations of isolationism.
French New Wave masters The World’s Most Beautiful Swindlers and Ophélia show that picking up a camera will not solve your issues. It may make matters worse.
By sharing Catherine between them, she becomes the tool through which Jules and Jim can realize their most perfect union with one another.
François Truffaut’s ‘Jules and Jim’ is one of the greatest films ever made. It’s a shame this release puts film lovers in a dilemma.
‘Jules and Jim’ is as much about the gendering of behaviors and expectations as it is about the losses and longings produced by love. The intersections between these themes are revealed in the unspoken.
