A Queer Reading of François Truffaut’s Masterpiece, ‘Jules and Jim’
By sharing Catherine between them, she becomes the tool through which Jules and Jim can realize their most perfect union with one another.
By sharing Catherine between them, she becomes the tool through which Jules and Jim can realize their most perfect union with one another.
François Truffaut’s ‘Jules and Jim’ is one of the greatest films ever made. It’s a shame this release puts film lovers in a dilemma.
‘Jules and Jim’ is as much about the gendering of behaviors and expectations as it is about the losses and longings produced by love. The intersections between these themes are revealed in the unspoken.