[4.0/5.0] "While the film was dismissed by U.S. reviewers, the French Cahiers du cinéma critics praised Kiss Me Deadly's hysterically expressionist style and singular power, as then-critic François Truffaut declared Aldrich the revelation of 1955." http://tinyurl.com/7ulhucv
Mizoguchi employs his trademark graceful and meditative camera style, especially gliding long takes, in checking against ambition, greed, and the iniquity of patriarchal society. A towering masterpiece with quiet intensity and emotional subtlety.