Review of Portrait of Jennie (1948) by Miles S — 21 May 2008
A wonderfully overwrought ethereal love story which transcends time and space, William Dieterle has crafted an eerie fairytale. The quickly aging Jennie defies logic, physics and religion, and as their relationship progresses the tone becomes eerie and oddly spiritual.
The last 20 minutes is, all at once, supernatural (with it's green tinted storm sequence) and emotional. The ending, too, seems to presage Andrei Rublev with a brief color sequence. There's certainly nothing else out there quite like it.
No wonder Buñuel was a fan.
This review of Portrait of Jennie (1948) was written by Miles S on 21 May 2008.
Portrait of Jennie has generally received very positive reviews.
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