Portrait of Jennie Comments

  • Edwin 2023-09-28 10:18:55

    The use of color is interesting. The entire film is basically black and white. But the climax and the end each use a monochrome filter. The final shot of the finished portrait is in full color. Shooting ok. It's Selznick's fake narration in the opening credits that's...

  • Celia 2023-09-08 22:32:52

    There is an unsettling vibe throughout the film, closer to what Gloomy Sunday would have been like. The pursuit of photography style coupled with today's image distortion, the heroine's appearance, height, singing, and the ubiquitous soundtrack are more mysterious than the answer itself. Emotionally sensitive people are easily drawn into the vortex of...

  • Erica 2023-06-12 16:06:10

    When I was a child, the TV station did not have so many channels, but it had excellent programs. At that time, I watched many old movies, and most of them received the discs after work. "Portrait of Jenny" is a very special one. First, I was fascinated when I read it, and second, I found out that Sanmao had written the original...

  • Sylvester 2023-05-16 09:10:36

    This film is unique even today. Perfect performance, just the right lighting and Debussy's music... Jennifer Jones' change in voice from girl to woman is...

  • Kay 2023-04-24 04:25:32

    Three and a half stars, there is a hint of suspense in the fantasy love, the subject matter has been used badly now, and the photography is quite...

  • Freeda 2023-04-17 11:16:37

    The photography and visual effects are amazing, and the colors in the black and white picture have a sense of...

  • Gladys 2023-04-11 10:37:51

    Travel through time and meet you. Born from the nib of the pen, preserved on the canvas. The climax of the tsunami is a rare green filter stain in black and white, and the final shot of the portrait is completely displayed in color. Even rarer is that the credits are placed entirely at the end of the credits, with only the studio and end credits at the beginning. PS. The convent nun is played by Lillian...

  • Adelbert 2023-04-05 20:10:02

    Where I come from, no one knows, where I go, everyone will go, the wind is blowing, the sea is rushing, and wherever I go, everyone will go. In "The Rainy Season Will Not Come Again" and "The Gentle Night", Sanmao talks about this movie over and over again, and we are still too...

  • Jean 2023-03-25 04:01:49

    The pure love in the pure era, and the nostalgic texture of black and white films make this pure and beautiful story even more moving. A down-and-out painter met a mysterious girl in New York, and from then on, his thoughts continued to flow. Even if the girl was only a short-lived ghost, it reminded people of a certain episode in "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "The Ghost of the Ghost", which can break through the limitations of time and space. The only thing separated by yin and yang is probably...

  • Camron 2023-01-29 13:25:56

    Jennifer Jones The Golden Age of Black &...

Extended Reading

Portrait of Jennie quotes

  • Narrator in prologue: Since time began man has looked into the awesome reaches of infinity and asked the eternal question: What is time? What is life? What is space? What is death? Through a hundred civilizations, philosophers and scientists have come together with answers, but the bewilderment remains... Science tells us that nothing ever dies but only changes, that time itself does not pass but curves around us, and that the past and the future are together at our side for ever. Out of the shadows of knowledge, and out of a painting that hung on a museum wall, comes our story, the truth of which lies not on our screen but in your hearts.

  • Eben Adams: I want you, not dreams of you!