Analysis Of The Movie Jules And Jim

The movie Jules and Jim in 1962, directed by François Truffaut shows his viewers a different stage of an arch and arty study of the perversities of woman and two inseparable best friends with their unbeatable perseverance to save their friendship and at the same time have enough emotional patience to continuously get their feelings messed around with and still manage to remain loyal to each other by accepting the unavoidable circumstances.

The director begins the moving-imagery with a lively and edgy look-in on paris around 1962 with a small introduction to how the two bachelor heroes of the movie Jim who is German and Jules who is French, first meet along with fast-moving short clips showing how quickly the time is passing and their friendship is growing impeccably. Both Jim and Jules had never met anyone who was ever really so interested in what they both had to offer in life. Thus, they were experiencing what one calls true friendship for the first time in life.

Both cheerful young men found enjoyment in their casual exchanges of girls and then comforting each other over drinks in cases of ever being left out.

Then they were introduced to a young woman, Catherine, over a supper soon after which Jules starts to see the lady. Who then becomes not only someone that Jules just wants to be with but also a very important part of both Jim and Jules life. From then onwards we start to witness a lot unexpected changes in their lives.

From then onwards we start to witness the strange drama along with the tone of its characters filled with love and tragedy. Which includes Catherine’s sudden marriage with Jules, which gives a start to adjustments to be held between their emotional and sexual bond in the passage of the years to come.

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...ocate one from Catherine. Soon after, in the next two sequences we witness the real consummation of their feelings and desires. Two sequences later, we see the actual consummation of their desires.

Right from the bike sequence, it was cut straight of to a scene of a medium shot, which had the door, and we could see Jim and Catherine in the frame through the triangle of the curtains. Jim opens the door to step out and slightly turns to touch Catherine’s cheek. As they step out she describes to him how their love is like a newborn and that they should let it grow on it own to see where it goes. It zooms out as Jim then leaves the doorway and steps down onto the porch with Catherine following him. The background sound has a subtle romantic touch of instruments to it. It is tracked following the couple’s medium shot walking left to right towards the edge of the house.