Jules and Jim (1962)

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François Truffaut's Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) will be released by Criterion on February 4th, 2014. It's a 3-Disc Dual Format release

Jules and Jim Blu-ray

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 directs, and Jeanne Moreau stars as the alluring and willful Catherine, whose enigmatic smile and passionate nature lure Jules (Oskar Werner) and Jim (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.

Special Features:

• New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• Two audio commentaries: one featuring screenwriter Jean Gruault, François Truffaut collaborator Suzanne Schiffman, editor Claudine Bouché, 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 Roché 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 Cinéastes de notre temps dedicated to Truffaut
• Segment from a 1969 episode of the French television program L’invité 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 Roché, and script notes by Truffaut