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Directed by: François Truffaut
Hailed as one of the finest films ever made, legendary director François Truffaut's early masterpiece Jules and Jim charts the relationship between two friends and the object of their mutual obsession over the course of twenty-five years. Jeanne Moreau stars as Catherine, the alluring and willful young woman 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 upon its release in 1962 and remains as audacious and entrancing today.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
DVD
Disc:
DVD-9 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
1/2/3/4/5/6 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Audio Options:
French Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Documentary Excerpt, Interview, Television Program, Archival Footage, Audio Interview, Booklet
- Audio commentary featuring coscreenwriter Jean Gruault, longtime François Truffaut collaborator Suzanne Schiffman, editor Claudine Bouche?, and film scholar Annette Insdorf
- Audio commentary 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
- François Truffaut on Roché, from the French television program, Bibliothèque de poche (1966)
- Interviews with Jean Gruault and cinematographer Raoul Coutard
- Conversation between film scholars Robert Stam and Dudley Andrew
- Excerpt from a 1965 episode of the French TV program Cinéastes de notre temps dedicated to Truffaut
- Segment from a 1969 episode of the French TV show L’invite du dimanche featuring François Truffaut, Jeanne 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 François Truffaut
- Audio interview with François Truffaut from 1980
- A 44-page booklet featuring an essay by John Powers, reprints of François Truffaut's writings, and a Pauline Kael review
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Release Credits
Producer: Johanna Schiller
Artwork: David Downton
Release Notes on Restoration
Jules and Jim
Jules and Jim is presented in its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1. Black bars at the top and bottom of the screen are normal for this format. Director of photography Raoul Coutard supervised this new high-definition digital transfer, created on a Spirit Datacine from a 35mm fine-grain master positive made from the original camera negative. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, and scratches were removed using the MTI Digital Restoration System. To maintain optimal image quality through the compression process, the picture on this dual-layer DVD-9 was encoded at the highest possible bit rate for the quantity of materials included.
The soundtrack was mastered at 24~bit from a 35mm magnetic master, and audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle. The Dolby Digital 1.0 signal will be directed to the center channel on 5.1-channel sound systems, but some viewers may prefer to switch to two-channel playback for a wider dispersal of the mono sound.
The soundtrack was mastered at 24~bit from a 35mm magnetic master, and audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle. The Dolby Digital 1.0 signal will be directed to the center channel on 5.1-channel sound systems, but some viewers may prefer to switch to two-channel playback for a wider dispersal of the mono sound.