What about the BUG?????

i also noticed the bug didn't appear in the trailer. which makes it even more mysterious.

sure i wondered if truffaut might have put it in on purpose. if it's accidental the direction and timing of the bug is amazing. it's also quite easy to come up with symbolic meanings. but i doubt that truffaut liked that sort of symbolism AND would go through the trouble of getting a bug in there for that purpose. (although i don't believe it is very hard to establish).

but now it is not in the trailer i wonder if it even appeared in the original prints. could it have gotten into later (video)editions with the bug disturbing a projection used to transfer the movie?

or is it digitally removed from the trailer (along with dust etcetera) but not from the movie? i imagine someone might have missed it after it was removed and it was put back in.

i wonder if this bit of trivial mysterie will ever be cleared. maybe it's more charming and magical not to know.

It may be that the trailer uses a different take of the same scene. I've seen that done quite often, including with other Truffaut trailers, eg Baisers Voles.

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It's so awesome how other people noticed that. :p

AHHAHA ya, I was watching the bug the entire time trying to think of its symbolism. I thought somehow maybe it related to Jim because hes into bugs.

I just watched Jules et Jim and I noticed the bug too. I think it has some significance in the context of Jules' interest for insects. My brain is too fried right now to think further but I would link it with the fascination Jules has for insects. He talks about the love story he could write with insect characters? Perhaps that's Jules witnessing it, symbolizes his agreement to Jim and Catherine? Just thinking out loud here.

The film was brilliant, engrossing and thought-provoking at the same time.

The beetle seen in the movie, was in fact there by complete chance. When Truffaut decided to leave it in the film, I will do my research and get back to you on exactly what reason he gave for leaving the film as it is. The main thing is that the bug was there at that moment purely by chance!

Wow, others noticed it too!

I love that scene -- I am sure there is some reason Truffaut chose to use that take -- maybe due to the irony of Jules' interest in bugs, maybe because Truffaut knew folks wold be talking about it 50 (!!) years later...

"Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain" was schmaltz IMO... I wouldn't bring it into Jules and Jim board.

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