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The Bride Wore Black (1968)

Good, not great, homage to Hitchcock

[7/10 · 29 September 2016]

François Truffaut has always been one of the most famous admirers of Alfred Hitchcock, so it was only natural for him to make a film that is intended purely as a homage to his colleague. The elliptically presented plot is unlike any Hitchcock plot I, at least, am aware of; it's mostly the sophisticated camera work and the superb, ingenious music score by Bernard Herrmann that remind you of Hitch. To be honest, the film seems a little flat at first (the first two murders are not too special), but it gets better, and the ending is just about perfect. Jeanne Moreau, although arguably miscast, gives an excellent performance, and at least three of the men manage to create complete characters in a short amount of time. *** out of 4.