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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.

故事以岩手县的松尾村为背景，讲述东京统一剧团的统筹河野秀子(倍赏千惠子)到访当地，希望游说青年会合作制作一出名为「故乡」的音乐剧。身为会长的齐藤高志(寺尾聪)虽然大力支持，但由于经费、场地等问题，公演受到极大阻力。高志和秀子最后排除万难，终于得偿所愿，为千多名观众送上最真挚动人的一夜。为拍摄此片，山田及其制作班底花了一年多时间，实地考察统一剧团的地方公演。

在1995年之前的几年中，北京西郊靠圆明园附近的村落中陆续从全国各地来了一些追求自由创作的青年艺术家。这些人在村里农民的出租房安顿下来，然后雄心勃勃买颜料绷画布，进行艺术的探索与创作。农民对他们的画不感兴趣，但他们知道这些人是通情达理有学问的人。这里有湖水、树林和圆明园的废墟。然而他们面临的最大困难是凑齐每月要交给房东的房租，买画并不是唯一的生存手段，甚至主要靠别的手艺来维持生活。因为他们的作品很另类，有反叛的精神，不太合乎传统的美学，这引起了习惯看宣传画的官方的警惕。1995年春天，先是有小道消息，后来还是感到有点突然，官方终于行动，毫不费力就把住在村落的近百名艺术家和他们的孩子们一起赶走了。本片纪录了这个春天，以及春天以后这些艺术家们在冬天的故事。

阿佩（林嘉欣 饰）在一间贸易公司的市场推广小组工作，小组组长是汤少（郑伊健 饰），贪玩的珠珠(活己岚饰)、羞涩的松仔(曾国祥 饰)、处事老练的球叔(骆应钧饰)也是小组同事。在小小办公室中日日相处，阿佩对汤少产生了不同于别人的情愫，而汤少却已有家室，对阿佩若即若离，阿佩也越来越深陷于这场还没开始的爱恋中，看不穿汤少的心意，也怀疑自己的爱恋。这一切到底是阿佩一厢情愿的单恋？还是两人的情投意合？凭借这部《亲密》林嘉欣夺得第3届韩国首尔忠武路电影展最佳女主角，岸西夺得15届香港电影评论学会奖最佳编剧奖和10届华语电影传媒大奖最佳新导演奖。