Truffaut's visibility is much higher than that of Rohmer and Godard.

Bryce 2022-04-23 07:03:27

4.5. Fragmented poetry movies are more extreme works, with sad and melodious music, giving people a relaxed and comfortable feeling, much better than Rohmer and Godard.

The original cast of "Dream of Paris" trio.

The relationship between foreigners is really different, full of individual respect for the individual, and the concept of marriage and family is basically zero.

Although it is a life romance, the pace is rarely fast.

notes:

Since then, he has abandoned the extreme realist proposition that "movies are a series of specific moments in life without prioritization", and returned to plot narration and dramatic deconstruction of life.

When it comes to love, the girls are professionals and the guys are amateurs.

Truffaut's filming of this otherwise unattractive novel can serve as a model case for literary adaptation. Roger's original work was cut down drastically, but he wrote a dialogue full of details on the basis of the original story outline.

It's an almost absurd triangle, but we don't feel hypocritical, ugly, obscene, or immoral in the slightest. Why? Because the world is hypocritical, ugly, obscene, and immoral. Those who seek true love are innocent and fearless.

In this film, Truffaut doesn't like to be sloppy, the character introduction and some transitional plots are replaced by fast editing, the description of the emotional variables between the three people is slowed down, and Catherine's suicide by car is not like in traditional production. Too much foreshadowing and characterization. Overall, it's a "new wave" movie viewing experience.

Gosh Jules, I don't believe anyone could love someone like that. Let's push freedom to the limit and see what happens. It turns out that in the ultimate freedom, everyone is not free.

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  • Seamus 2022-03-15 09:01:05

    This is the deepest kind of love and attachment I have ever seen. It is not a one-to-one relationship. It is a love between three people. It does not stop at the relationship between sex and possession. It is a kind of wandering. The living organism itself is always looking for the most suitable host. And all the choices they made were just out of following the creature itself.

  • Evangeline 2022-03-28 09:01:07

    There is no doubt that the film technique is classic, but the story is quite dissolute. The first half is very similar to Hemingway's novel "The Sun Also Rises", a sensual and selfish Caroline, a loyal and infatuated Jule, and a Hemingway-style Jim. Such a warm 3P plot can only be enjoyed by capitalist literary youth. However, the film teaches the majority of men a truth. As a boy, you must protect yourself outside and never have any relationship with Caroline-style women. They may be charming, but they will only bring you pain and disaster. Can it kill your life?

Jules and Jim quotes

  • Jim: What is it?

    Catherine: Sulfuric acid, for the eyes of men who tell lies.

  • Récitant: Catherine's plunge into the river so astonished Jim that he drew it the next day, though he didn't usually draw. Admiration for Catherine welled up in him and he sent her a kiss in his mind.