Jules and Jim or 400 blows?
Which one of these movies do think is better and why? I'm wondering because I have not seen either of them, but I have enough money right now for one of them, and I dont' know which one to get.
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Buy both. Find a way to get both and watch 400 blows first because Jules and Jim will take you on another level, higher. In my view, Jules and Jim is way better on all aspects of the art of filmmaking: camera movement, cinematography, acting, and sound(the music, sounds - or absence of sounds in some scenes like when she jumps in the seine - and voices in J&J provoke a feeling I never felt before or after when watching a movie; something almost psychadelic that reaches down to your heart and shakes it). After I first saw it, I was so amazed by its formal beauty that I realized I didn't really follow the story. Contrary to 400 blows, there is something else behind the story and narrative of j&j. I don't know how to call it except complete mastery of the art of editing images in movements with sounds, to create a genuine feel. I can't really find words to express the magic of this film and i guess it's better if you stop reading anything about it and watch it with your heart wide open.
I have watched a lot lot lot of films (without sounding pretentious) old and new, and this movie is such a reference that it's almost shamefull to say you love it. It's like saying you like Monet to scholars in Art history: too mainstream I guess. But I have to admit, there is something about J&J that I have never seen in any other film. I just can't describe it.
I can describe it. Like when they race on the bridge and it's a close-up on Catherine and she laughs when you least expect it, or when Jim is rolling in the grass with Sabine, or when Jules and Catherine are in the bed together crying. I *beep* love this movie. *tear*
It basically shows that Truffaut has one of the biggest hearts in the history of cinema, and truly loves his characters, and the actors who play them, and what they represent for humanity.
I say this with all good humour but I don't think you can say "I have watched a Lot Lot Lot of films" and worry you are sounding pretentious, haha. Sounds more like you are a person with Enthusiasm, which is always a good thing.
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