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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.

故事发生在堪萨斯州的南部小城中，巴德（沃伦·比蒂 Warren Beatty 饰）是一个满脑子都是奇思妙想的高中生，一次偶然中，他邂逅了名为蒂尼（娜塔利·伍德 Natalie Wood 饰）的女孩。蒂尼的美丽和温柔深深的吸引着巴德，令他坠入了情网，巴德甚至在内心里暗暗的 发誓，此生一定要将蒂尼娶回家。然而，在民风保守的小镇上，这两个年轻人之间的恋情很快就遭到了双方家人的强烈反对，他们都对这两颗真挚的心嗤之以鼻。在一连串的波折和打击之下，自暴自弃的巴德竟然和蒂尼的同学（奥黛丽·克里斯蒂 Audrey Christie 饰）上了床。得知了此消息，蒂尼的精神崩溃了。

根据HBO大热剧集《黑道家族》改编的电影将问世，新线正在打造该剧前传电影[纽瓦克圣人](The Many Saints of Newark，暂译)。原剧编剧兼监制大卫·切斯及编剧劳伦斯·康纳尔操刀新片剧本，大卫·切斯任制片。影片故事背景设定在上世纪60年代纽瓦克暴力活动猖獗地带，黑帮争斗频发。该剧于1999年至2007年播出，共六季，获21项艾美奖、5项金球奖。原剧主演詹姆斯·甘多菲尼、弗兰克·文森特相继于2013年、去年去世。据悉原剧中多个粉丝熟悉的形象将现身大银幕。

導演李翰祥繼《梁祝》之後的又一力作。由李翰祥創立的國聯公司與臺灣省電影製片廠合作拍制的歷史巨片，動用港臺兩地精英合作，拍攝勾踐複國的故事。本片在製作及宣傳上不遺餘力，耗資巨大，演職員陣寵大，製作不惜工本。從開鏡到完成，整整歷時十四個月。本片反映的主題有一定的文化統戰，政治宣傳意味濃厚。製作進行期間一波三折，卒於1965年完成。此片曾以上下兩集發行，後剪輯成另一較短版本，主要演員有江青﹑趙雷﹑朱牧﹑洪波等港臺兩地精英。