Jules And Jim (Criterion Collection) (1962) On Blu-ray

Actor:           Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Marie Dubois, Bassiak                                                                                                                     
Director:      Francois Truffaut
Genre:          Foreign Video - French
Year:             1962
Studio:          Criterion
Length:         105
Released:    February 4, 2014
Rating:          Unrated (Video)
Format:         Blu-ray
Misc:              NTSC, Black & White
Language:    French
Subtitles  :    English

DESCRIPTION:

Hailed as one of the finest films ever made, Jules and Jim charts, over twenty-five years, the relationship between two friends and the object of their mutual obsession. The legendary Fran‡ois Truffaut (The 400 Blows) directs, and Jeanne Moreau (Elevator to the Gallows) stars as the alluring and willful Catherine, whose enigmatic smile and passionate nature lure Jules (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold's Oskar Werner) and Jim (The Fire Within's 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 in 1962 and remains every bit as audacious and entrancing today. DUAL-FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Two audio commentaries: one featuring screenwriter Jean Gruault, Fran‡ois Truffaut collaborator Suzanne Schiffman, editor Claudine Bouch‚, and film scholar Annette Insdorf; the other featuring actor Jeanne Moreau and Truffaut biographer Serge Toubiana Excerpts from The Key to "Jules and Jim" (1985), a documentary about author Henri-Pierre Roch‚ and the real-life relationships that inspired the novel and film Interviews with Truffaut, Gruault, and cinematographer Raoul Coutard Conversation between scholars Robert Stam and Dudley Andrew Excerpt from a 1965 episode of the French television program Cin‚astes de notre temps dedicated to Truffaut Segment from a 1969 episode of the French television program L'invit‚ du dimanche featuring Truffaut, Moreau, and filmmaker Jean Renoir Excerpts from Truffaut's first appearance on American television, a 1977 interview with New York Film Festival director Richard Roud Excerpts from a 1979 American Film Institute seminar given by Truffaut Audio interview with Truffaut from 1980, conducted by film scholar Claude-Jean Philippe Trailer One Blu-ray and two DVDs, with all content available in both formats PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic John Powers, a 1981 piece by Truffaut on Roch‚, and script notes by Truffaut

Special Features:

Hailed as one of the finest films ever made, Jules and Jim charts, over twenty-five years, the relationship between two friends and the object of their mutual obsession. The legendary François Truffaut (The 400 Blows) directs, and Jeanne Moreau (Elevator to the Gallows) stars as the alluring and willful Catherine, whose enigmatic smile and passionate nature lure Jules (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold’s Oskar Werner) and Jim (The Fire Within’s 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 in 1962 and remains every bit as audacious and entrancing today. DUAL-FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES