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Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake 1965 16mm film 90minsThis was the first attempt to cinematize the works of Irish author James Joyce. Based more on a stage adaptation by Mary Manning than the Joyce novel itself, the film concentrates on Dublin pubkeeper Finnegan (Martin J. Kelly), who while in the throes of inebriation has a vision of his own death. As the bemused Finnegan lies in his coffin, his friends gather for his wake. The "corpse" tries to cut through the keening and platitudes by probing the innermost thoughts of those closest to him. The surprising aspect of this film is that so much of its difficult text works on screen--a tribute to the loving care of scripter/director/ editor Mary Ellen Bute, who, while preparing this film spent her waking hours picking the brains and burrowing through the resource materials of the James Joyce Society.Although director Mary Ellen Bute’s highly regarded Finnegans Wake (aka Passages from Finnegans Wake) is a unique film that is likely to baffle anyone unfamiliar with James Joyce, it cannot be dismissed merely as a literary exercise. The director was right in claiming that her film was “not a translation of the book but a reaction to it”. It is actually based on a stage play by Mary Manning, who was also responsible for the screenplay. Joyce’s elliptical rhetoric and intricate punning, which might be considered a formidable barrier to the filming of this most opaque of his works, proved to be an attraction to Bute, whose enthusiasm for the ‘visual’ and ‘kinetic’ quality of his language led her to the surprising but well-judged move of running subtitles from the original text to support the dialogue.Visual music pioneer Mary Ellen Bute's final film was also her first feature film. James Joyce's classic story of Irish tavern-keeper who dreams of attending his own wake is brought to the screen with a sparkling energy which highlights its maker's career-long exploration of kinetic abstract animation. Perhaps best described as a 'film poem,' Passages from Finnegans Wake was the first attempt to 'cinematize' the works of James Joyce, featuring the author's highly original language spoken by characters and presented as text on screen.

一度平静的斯沃罗夫小岛被弗林德·洛克伍德（比尔·哈德 Bill Hader 配音）的天才发明复食机所摧毁。最终他成功破坏复食机，并打算和山姆（安娜·法瑞丝 Anna Faris 配音）他们重建美好家园。这时候，弗林德最崇拜的偶像——丽芙公司老板切斯特 V（威尔·福特 Will Forte 配音）从天而降。切斯特是一个天才发明家，他的公司更是云集了全世界顶尖的科学家。切斯特邀请弗林德加入丽芙公司，并承诺带着岛民前往加利福尼亚，而他的公司将负责清理破败的小岛。为了成为幻想发明家，弗林德拼尽全力开展研发。与此同时，故乡却传来不好的消息。许多清理者被活着的食物所捕获，似乎复食机并未完全摧毁，并且朝着弗林德不曾预料的方向继续发展。在切斯特的命令下，他和山姆、老爹以及其他伙伴们踏上了返乡的旅途，寻找解决麻烦的办法……

法国巴黎某处共享办公室内，一名神秘杀手（迈克尔·法斯宾德 Michael Fassbender 饰）正静待猎物的到来。他外表冷酷，沉默寡言，内心则絮絮不止，一遍又一遍重复着作为杀手的准则，仿佛这样才能使他有所凭依，内心安定。然而即便如此，他准备了数日的刺杀却以失败告终。失手之后，杀手按照既定的路线迅速撤离，并在上线的安排下躲到多米尼加的家中暂避风头。谁知才刚踏上自家院落，他就嗅出了危险气息。原来在此之前，早已有两名杀手踏足此地，并将杀手的妻子（索菲·夏洛特 Sophie Charlotte 饰）殴至重伤。杀手恼羞不已，他根据仅有的线索，一路追查幕后的指使和参与者。一旦失手，万劫不复，此时此刻他有切身体会……

1999年6月29日の2時間SPは、7月から放送開始予定のアニメ版の前宣伝も兼ねて、テレビドラマシリーズ後の続編として鬼塚が代理教員として女子高に赴任するという設定で放送された。また、ドラマでは設定としていなかった神崎麗美の演出がある。 視聴率は27.4%