It's fitting that the poster for
Jules and Jim, directed in 1962 by François Truffaut, does not feature neither Jules nor Jim. It shows Catherine, a woman that they are both in love with. It is another one of those movies that did a lot of revolutionary things that are a little hard to understand now. It's a lot to summarize what was new about this movie, and some of it I didn't pick up on right away. Ebert mentions that the movie was made with joy, and I can feel that as well. It still comes across and makes the movie feel really fresh and not dated in any way.
I really liked the story, first and foremost. It can be tough to figure out what exactly was so new in a film like this, where so many of our movie have been influenced by this style. I put that sort of analysis on a back-burner, and just watched the movie focusing on the story, the message, and the acting. I really enjoyed all of those parts together. I loved that I got to know all of the characters so well, and I was really drawn into the plot. It was a great, relaxing way to spend my afternoon.
