Jules: “So you won the war, you louse.”
Jim: “I’d rather have won this.”
Two guys (Jules and Jim) in love with the same woman (Catherine). A common plot, but in the hands of young French New Wave director Francois Truffaut, it’s a poignant one.
Notice that the film isn’t titled Jules et Jim et Catherine. That shows you where the story lies. In this scene, the two men — who essentially carried out a platonic three-way relationship with Catherine (Jeanne Moreau) before heading off to WWI to fight on separate sides — have returned from the front. Jules is married to Catherine. His side has lost the Great War, but he’s emerged victorious over his pal. It’s a brief comfort, though, as Catherine proceeds to bounce between the two for the rest of the film. Still, Jules and Jim remains friends for life, the love of a girl pushing them apart and bringing them together, each in its own time.
(Spoiler Alert: the clip above reveals the movie’s ending.)
Just a couple of outlaws trying to find the next big score? Nah. The 1969 classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is more about having your buddy’s back than it is about the infamous Hole in the Wall Gang. Whether they’re riding together on a single horse or taking a trip down to Bolivia, Butch (Paul Newman) and Sundance (Robert Redford) are never very far apart. They fight over a woman, they evade the law, they rob banks and trains. But mostly they seduce the audience with their clever and affectionate banter. Even today, the image of one naturally conjures up the other. Apparently, Newman and Redford felt the chemistry too, because they made another hugely successful buddy flick — The Sting — just four years later.
Richard Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes” and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show “Family Feud” has died. He was 79.
As we prepare for the Game of Thrones finale, we recognize Joffrey and nine other baddies who showed us that terrible, horrible things can come in small packages
