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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.

故事发生在繁华的大都市纽约，一连串凶杀案的发生吸引了重案组的注意，因为案情牵扯到了同性恋者，因而在圈内引起了极大的反响，警方受到的压力越来越大，最终决定派出警员史蒂夫（阿尔·帕西诺 Al Pacino 饰），伪装成同性恋者打入圈子查找线索。伪装的身份让史蒂夫感到不堪重负，每天对着形形色色稀奇古怪的男人，史蒂夫内心里的绝望和压抑渐渐积累，与此同时，他对局里严刑逼供嫌犯思齐普李（杰·阿克沃内 Jay Acovone 饰）的行为感到十分不满，随着时间的推移，史蒂夫的精神走到了濒临崩溃的边缘。最终，一条重要的线索渐渐浮出水面，然而这却并没能让史蒂夫松一口气。

1947年冬，为了从土匪手中夺取控制东北九岭上万先遣军的分布图，东北民主联军203小分队队长少剑波（林更新 饰）委派侦查员杨子荣（张涵予 饰）卧底潜入最大的土匪山头“威虎山”。杨子荣凭借自己的机智应变获得了匪首座山雕（梁家辉 饰）和座下八大金刚的赏识，被封为威虎山“老九”。座山雕天生多疑，多次派人试探杨子荣，杨子荣一面与土匪多方周旋，一面涉险为山下战友传出情报。一波未平一波又起，被203小分队生擒的土匪联络副官栾平（杜奕衡 饰）趁乱逃脱，知道杨子荣卧底详情的他竟出现在威虎寨中与杨子荣当面对质，杨子荣腹背受敌陷入全面危机......

年幼的弗兰基与家人生活在北爱尔兰恬静的小岛上，慈善的爸爸教导他捕鱼，然而一天晚饭时分，一名蒙面歹徒竟然闯进来枪杀了他父亲，仅仅因为他父亲透露了同情爱尔兰共和军的倾向。长大后的弗兰基（布拉德·皮特 Brad Pitt 饰）成为了一名爱尔兰共和军神枪手，然而英军始终武力强大，因此弗兰基等人决定购买毒刺式导弹。五个月后，弗兰基隐藏了身份，同时被内线安排到了警察汤姆（哈里森·福特 Harrison Ford 饰）的家中暂时住下。一方面，富有魅力的他与汤姆一家人很快建立了友谊，并将大笔买金先藏于汤姆家中，一方面，弗兰基找到当地黑市军火商波克（特里特·威廉斯 Treat Williams 饰）购置导弹。然而军火商急于要钱，竟派蒙面人闯入汤姆家中，整个棋局全盘打乱，火力混乱之际，面对一边是身为警察的朋友，一边是爱尔兰的使命，弗兰基将如何选择……