Portrait, Uncut (1974)

80% (32 / 8)

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Description: Scene Breakdowns
Scene 1. Jody Maxwell
Scene 2. Jody Maxwell, faceless guy
Scene 3. Jody Maxwell, faceless guy
Scene 4. Jody Maxwell, Rita Davis, Alan Marlow, Jamie Gillis
Scene 5. Jody Maxwell, faceless guy
Scene 6. Jody Maxwell, 2 faceless guys, David Christopher
Review:
Fortunately, after the success of Deep Throat (one of the worst productions of the seventies in my opinion), Gerard Damiano has decided to make more serious and interesting films like The Devil in Miss Jones and The Story of Joanna. This film is one of those quality productions, but unlike the two previously mentioned Portrait is a disappeared and forgotten film. This is difficult to understand because it is an high-quality production (the best Damiano's film I have seen so far) and the first film in the career of Jody Maxwell. The film is set in a psychiatrist's office where Miss Maxwell recounts her problems that seems to be a problem of multiple personalities at her therapist. The film focuses is the character of Jody Maxwell and all the other characters are faceless penises (if we except the comic interlude with Jamie Gillis, Alan Marlowe and Ginger Snaps). The first scene describes an obscene phone call she has received at her home an evening, a scene brilliantly made with the way reality and fiction have been mixed in it (with a bonus scene of urination coming out of nowhere), the musical choice and the facial performance of the caller (an actor I can not recognize). The comic interlude played like a silent film is a good distraction and once again Jamie Gillis shows what a great actor he is. The film ends on a disconcerting note because we are no longer sure whether Jody Maxwell really had a problem of multiple personalities or if she was playing from the start with the psychiatrist (another actor I do not recognize). Unfortunately, the copy that I own is not that good, the image had a lot of damage (tracking lines, snow, fade to black,...) and the sound is really hard to hear, obviously, I would appreciate seeing a restored version of this film one day to really appreciate it in all its greatness.

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