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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.

三浦晋作是电视台的临时演员，与电视台的新演员森崎小夜子长期同居。一个陌生女人带来个六岁大的小孩，说孩子的母亲已赴美国，临行前告诉她孩子的父亲是含晋作在内的五个男人中的一个。晋作毫无记忆却不得不留下孩子，并决定带孩子去找其生父。小夜子亦因寻找自己的亲人在外旅行。途中二人巧遇，便同至尾道找到了第一个男人田岛。田岛称自己已于十年前做了结扎手术。二人到别府找到第二个男人青年实业家福田，他正要举行婚礼。小夜子暗相威胁，福田答应给她一大笔钱。二人来到天草，小夜子打听到母亲住在长崎。到长崎后又听说在妓院。小夜子没在长崎找到母亲，却和晋作找到了第三个男人，可惜让其趁乱溜掉。在唐津城小夜子找到了故乡。为找第四个男人二人来到若松，那人却已经死去。死者之妻愿意留下孩子，二人却开始感到孩子留在自己身边更好。

三个活在不同阶层的人各有自己失败的经历。医生Se-joo在一次手术中发生医疗事故，导致一名孕妇死亡。他亦因此被革职。Kon-bong在黑道中充当打手，却遭到另一个黑帮方面的通缉，虽然Kon-bong尝试逃避，但始终不能长久下去。追求名牌物品的少女Jae-rim知道自己身患绝症，感觉人生毫无希望，只是看着时光溜走。三人背景不同，但同时有自杀的念头。奈何他们又没有足够的勇气，三人便相约在一起，希望可以成功自杀……

Fion（刘荷娜）和小薇（辰伶）自小就被双方父母拿来比对，无论功课还是钢琴，她们都被迫着要一争高下。为了做纯粹的好朋友，她们于某次极其重要的钢琴比赛前，将琴谱扔进冰箱“Freeze”，但Fion在比赛现场没像小薇一样乱弹琴，小薇失望之余逃离到西门町。结识顾摊少年范达音（彭于晏）与滑板少年Vance（阮经天）后，小薇过上不一样的“极速青春生活”，而Fion为了找寻小薇，在网上建立了“秋叶会”。Fion于街头无意间遇见早已改头换面的小薇，交谈后，两人握手言和。Fion被小薇介绍与范达因和Vance认识，令她在集体小圈子中渐渐体会到别样的青春滋味，开始努力摆脱任由父母摆布的“宿命”。然而因为范达因，她和小薇不自觉地又成了竞争对手。