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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.

这是一部典型的日本黑色幽默喜剧，影片的主人公佐平次是个骗子式的人物，影片描写他在江户时代环境恶劣的妓院里如何巧妙地施展骗术，在各种阶层的人物之间混饭吃的生存术来表现善良的有缺点的小人物。但是，这种笑是沉重的，伤感的。影片从始至终贯穿着日本大众喜闻乐见的单口相声，在相声间穿插着佐平次被扣打工还账，在艺妓馆里混成了人见人爱的宝贝，又偶遇幕府末期的政治家高杉晋作，为救被卖进妓院的少女，同意协助晋作策划去烧品川的英国领事馆的故事。被称作 “落语”的日本单口相声与佐平次的故事情节相佐相辅，构成一出超级古装讽刺喜剧。主演该片的两位演员弗兰基界、石原裕次郎是曾风靡日本影坛的大众明星。编剧是后来成为著名导演的今村昌平。因此给观众的印象特别深刻。

系列电影《机械师》第一部中，假装死亡的顶级杀手亚瑟（杰森·斯坦森饰）金盆洗手，过着普通人平静的生活。在一桩看似意外的事件中，亚瑟的红颜知己梅（杨紫琼饰）请求亚瑟解救屡屡遭人毒打的神秘女子吉娜（杰西卡·阿尔芭饰），哪料，向来对爱情有免疫的亚瑟，竟与吉娜坠入了爱河，然而他平静的生活也因此被打破。五年远离是非的生活风平浪静，亚瑟以为自己已经和过去的杀手生涯告别，然而宿命难敌，竟然有人暗中盯上了他，亚瑟的身世之谜也浮出水面。原来，他年幼时和一群孩子被军火商抓去，训练他们玩枪、杀人，难以忍受的亚瑟从军火商手中逃脱，而他的一位小伙伴长大后却成了军火商的接班人，也是影片中的最大反派。这位反派找到了亚瑟，并绑架了他的挚爱吉娜，要挟他去刺杀三个世界上头号危险人物。为了他和他的爱人能够逃脱，亚瑟被迫再度从事刺客工作，他必须在有限的时间内完成一系列不可能的刺杀任务。亚瑟深知反派的残暴，最终一定不会放过自己，在成功暗杀了两个目标之后，亚瑟和第三个目标——另一支规模庞大的军火商头目亚当斯（汤米·李·琼斯饰）结成同盟，一同对付他们共同的对手。那么，亚瑟最终能否和吉娜一起逃脱，平静的生活能否再继续……

美丽的铃村亚佐美（小川亜佐美 饰）是供职于东京某公司的白领，她的生活波澜不惊，按时上下班，和好姐妹们闲聊家长里短。亚佐美的母亲早年去世，多年来和父亲耕平（日野道夫 饰）相依为命。24岁的她至今还未成家，耕平为了女儿的婚事分外焦急，积极为她物色对象，然亚佐美却始终不为所动。另一方面，亚佐美和公司的科长长期维持着不伦之恋，彼此纠缠不清。公司内30岁的单身女青年泉田驹子（中島葵 饰）开放爽朗，绯闻频出，被内部人称作“公共汽车”，但她何尝不期盼一段美好的恋情。在去亚佐美家共度30岁生日时，驹子和耕平一见钟情，更到了谈婚论家的地步。这突如其来的变故，令亚佐美备感失落……