Ep# 47 - Stanley Kauffmann's 60s Pick - Jules and Jim
In a belated follow-up to our posthumous interview with Pauline Kael about her influential article on Bonnie & Clyde, Cinema60 communes with The New Republic’s own Stanley Kauffmann from beyond the grave about another great cinematic duo: Jules & Jim. In many ways the dialectical opposite of Kael, Kauffmann played a major role in getting American audiences to engage with an increasing number of foreign-language films that were showing up on our shores in the ‘60s.
In this episode, Bart and Jenna dust off a 1962 article by Stanley Kauffmann on Truffaut’s Jules and Jim to use as a sounding board for how and why ‘60s filmgoers showed up for and reacted so favorably to challenging “art” films. They also discuss love in its various states, from the idealized to the understated love of a perfect friendship.
The following film is discussed:
• Jules et Jim (1962)
Directed by François Truffaut
Starring Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino, Serge Rezvani, Marie Dubois, Sabine Haudepin
Also mentioned:
• The 400 Blows (1959)
Les quatre cents coups
Directed by François Truffaut
Starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier
• La Dolce Vita (1960)
Directed by Federico Fellini
Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée
• Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
Tirez sur le pianiste
Directed by François Truffaut
Starring Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger
• Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Directed by Blake Edwards
Starring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal
• Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
L'année dernière à Marienbad
Directed by Alain Resnais
Starring Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
• Red Desert (1964)
Il deserto rosso
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
Starring Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti
• Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Directed by François Truffaut
Starring Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack
• Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Directed by Arthur Penn
Starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard
• Two English Girls (1971)
Les deux Anglaises et le continent
Directed by François Truffaut
Starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter
• The Godfather (1972)
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan
• Jaws (1975)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
• Star Wars (1977)
Directed by George Lucas
Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
• Pretty in Pink (1986)
Directed by Howard Deutch
Starring Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Harry Dean Stanton
• The Boondock Saints (1999)
Directed by Troy Duffy
Starring Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus
• Fight Club (1999)
Directed by David Fincher
Starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf
• Batman Begins (2005)
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe
