The "Professor's Choice" Film Series presents "Jules et Jim" (Truffaut, 1962).
Introduced by Mana Derakhshani (Modern Languages, French).
College Student Center, Vander Vennet Theatre - 7pm
I agree with Truffaut when he said that this is a morality play. Certainly, the morality is not conventional, with each player, as he points out, making it up as they go along. But they are trying to be honest, however hedonistic and chaotic that looks from the outside. It is truly a study of the nature of friendship and the character of love. For certain, it is a simpler route to uphold monogamy, resisting the very real temptations along the way. These three forwent the security and order of that well-worn path and opened themselves to the unbridled fury of Eros' darts. There was no security, no road map, no convention to cushion their falls. They lived their lives as shimmering ephemera, bound to passions that were greater than logic, or safety, or even life itself. ~ © Mirella Roche-Parker
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