This was the first time I saw a film from James Gray and it was a great surprise. I don't usually go to the movies because of the critics but the fact that all the critics were great and that both orthodoxes and heterodox had liked got me a little intrigued. I still don't get all the good critics. It's not at all a romantic movie. It's rather a film of someone messed up struggling hard to survive and trying to do it through messed up relationships. It's really well filmed, and both James Gray and Joaquin Phoenix passed a lot of tension. If you want to go to the movies and relax that's really not the indicated piece. This is more for those who are looking for a real human movie with well worked personages.
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Jules and Jim
(1962)
Le tourbillon de la vie
24 November 2008
This is the greatest film about life. Jeanne Moreau plays the role of a woman that wants to live but can't fit herself in this world, in the normal forms of relationships. Between Jules and Jim she founds something that calms her down a little. The masterpiece of Truffaut, Jules and Jim was made over the book from Henri-Pierre Roche, who also wrote "deux anglaises et le continent", the book that Truffaut also filmed later. The incredible capacity of Henri-Pierre Roche of talking about life in such a accessible way was perfectly recreated by Truffaut, who arrived to make even a greater thing then the writer. This is one of those movies to see over and over. Specially the great scene where Catherine sings Tourbillon de la vie, which fits perfectly. A film about meetings, losings, and finally about the difficulties of finding yourself. It's the most beautiful and simple way of describing le tourbillon de la vie.
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