Part love letter to Hitchcock, part Tarantino revenge fantasy, THE BRIDE WHO WORE BLACK (1968) is an exercise in feminist cleansing that mysteriously wreaks vengeance on a group of men who belong in the gutter. It's pulpy, gritty, highly stylized genre cinema, the kind that showcases Truffaut's ability to convert Hollywood movies into 60s Euro panache, and the results are uneven but very entertaining. Jeanne Moreau is the kickass, vengeful bride consumed by grief but ready to slay. She's a one-woman army, a private citizen turned avenging angel, with an endless supply of knives, arrows, guns and poisons to assist her on her mission. The KILL BILL (2002) + LADY SNOWBLOOD (1973) vibes are impossible to miss. Even more visible are the Hitchcockian tropes examined throughout —the mystery, the murders, the MacGuffins, the sexualized femme fatale, etc. Truffaut ultimately hated the film but I think it's a worthy cocktail mixed with just the right amount of suspense, melodrama and predator-prey thrills.

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