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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.

影片描写了二次大战中的1943年，10名飞行员驾驶B—17轰炸机飞越德军上空轰炸既定目标的壮烈场面。这群朝气勃勃的小伙子，刚刚完成了他们的第24次飞行任务，再飞一次可以返家了，久违的家在等他的，战争结束之后该做什么，在每个人的心中都有一番憧憬。然而，残酷的事实摆在他们面 前，无法向人表露的紧张和恐惧，只有默默地祈求冥冥中的神灵保佑。为此，他们视好运胜过一切，一块护身挂牌，甚至是一条幸运皮筋，都可以使他们的心灵得以寄托。在紧张、无奈的等待之后，终于等来了出发的命令，满载弹药的飞行方阵穿过云层，向目标靠近。主机孟菲斯美女号是戴尼斯为了纪念他在孟菲斯相识的女友而命名。在天气恶劣、云层密布，目标无法确认的情况下，戴尼斯为了保护无辜的生命和医院、学校等公共设施，冒死重新飞回，确认了目标。重创之下的飞机终于载着这群伤痕累累却胜利完成使命的英雄的归来。

电影时代背景聚焦上世纪70年代的香港，讲述了正义的廉政公署人员白玫瑰（徐冬冬 饰），奉命潜伏到黑帮大佬雷万豪（谢天华 饰）身边收集罪证，在意外发现雷万豪的神秘身份后，白玫瑰仍旧坚守信念将两大涉黑团体悉数抓获的极限故事。

故事发生在九十年代的吉林。白花子、崔福顺（谢兰 饰）和黄英姬是在同一间银行里工作的同事。一天，银行里来了劫匪抢劫，为了保护人民的财产，三人挺身而出，最终使得劫匪被捉拿归案，但也付出的沉重的代价。白花子被劫匪残忍的杀害，黄英姬身受重伤昏迷不醒，崔福顺也受伤了。白花子死了，留下小女儿金红莲和父亲相依为命，没过多久，金红莲的父亲也一命呜呼，崔福顺果断的收养了变成孤儿的金红莲。崔福顺自己也有孩子，而且家庭经济条件并不好，但她还是坚持送金红莲上幼儿园，接受教育，倾注血汗将她健康的抚养长大。