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For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, 8PM EST, there’s no special theme, just two more good flicks. First up is the French love triangle Jules and Jim (1962), concerning two buds who happen to fall in love with the same woman, just before WW1. Aa rivalry ensues as their lives pass through the tumultuous decades to follow, and the love triangle persists. This is one of the best-known films of Francois Truffaut, who is most famous for The 400 Blows (1959). We’ve watched some French New Wave classics these past few Thursdays, and this is one of the movement’s canonical films, so let’s keep the ball rolling.
After that is Pi (1998), the debut feature of renowned auteur Darren Aronofsky. We haven’t watched anything by him yet, but he is best-known for Requiem for a Dream (2000), The Wrestler (2008), and Black Swan (2010). In Pi, he tells the story of a deranged mathematician who believes his understanding of numerical formulae lets him predict the future. He becomes more and more unhinged as he pursues the master number that will allow him to unlock all of the universe’s remaining secrets. Quite a bit of critical acclaim for this one, so let’s give it a whirl.
We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:
https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies
Be there, comrades!
Letterboxd:
- Jules and Jim: https://letterboxd.com/film/jules-and-jim/
- Pi: https://letterboxd.com/film/pi/
Doesthedogdie.com links:
- Jules and Jim: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/77193
- Pi: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/21358
CWs for Jules and Jim:
- Cheating.
- Shower scene.
- Suicide.
- Shaky cam.
- Sad ending.
- Car crash.
- Drowning.
- Gun violence.
CWs for Pi:
- Drug use.
- Deaths of animals.
- Bugs.
- Seizure.
- Self-harm.
- Anxiety attacks.
- Shaky cam.
- Blood and gore.