Jules et Jim Excerpt 10: Jules, Jim, and Catherine at the café on the river; the car plunges into the river; cremation of Jim and Catherine's bodies (3’24”)
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Jules et Jim Excerpt 10: Jules, Jim, and Catherine at the café on the river; the car plunges into the river; cremation of Jim and Catherine's bodies (3’24”)
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| 1. | Describe the montage of the series de plans beginning with the second one, in which Catherine says, “Monsieur Jim, I have something to tell you,” up to the moment at which the car plunges into the water. What is striking here? |
| 2. | What do you notice as regards the transition between the underwater shot and the one of the coffins that follows it? |
| 3. | What two important themes are developed in the two sequences at the end of the film? How would you interpret them? |
| 4. | How does Truffaut film the cremation of Jim and Catherine's bodies? |
| 5. | Describe the continuity editing between the series of shots that follow the cremation of the bodies, up to the one in which they carry the urns to their final resting place. Why does Truffaut link these shots in this manner instead of with simple cuts? |
| 6. | What can you say about the music at the end of the film? |