The Bride Wore Black
Nov 25 - Dec 01, 2011
(François Truffaut, 1968, France, 35mm, 107 min)
New 35mm print!
Though one of the key figures of the French New Wave, François Truffaut was influenced by—and indebted to—the cinematic mastery of Alfred Hitchcock. In 1967 Truffaut completed his seminal book of conversations with Hitchcock, in which he intimately engages Hitchcock in a dialogue about cinema. The Bride Wore Black was released the following year, and in many ways demonstrates Truffaut’s capacity both as a pupil of Hitchcock and a gifted filmmaker in his own right. The story of a vengeful bride widowed on her wedding day, The Bride Wore Black stars Jeanne Moreau in a work that combines the cinematic craft of Hitchcock with the novel visual language that is all Truffaut.
"SW Pick: Julie (Jeanne Moreau) is, in a way, an avatar of true love, a wronged woman determined to do right—but by killing for the sake of honor in a corrupt new world." —Seattle Weekly
"Well worth rediscovering...[a] delicious homage to Hitchcock" —Salon
"François Truffaut is such a rare talent that one knows instantly, as soon as the credits for The Bride Wore Black appear on screen, that this is what movies are about, this is how they can be done, this is why so few people do them beautifully." —Renata Adler, The New York Times
