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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.

1967年，山景酒店发生灭门惨案，欧炳同因怀疑妻子有外遇，将其杀死后又与三岁儿子吞老鼠药自杀，三人的死状极其恐怖，房间的墙壁上写有“愿此刻永留”五个血字，留声机里正在重复播放“愿此刻永留”一曲。1999年，印刷业电脑专家马文信（刘青云）下班后被神秘匪徒绑架，但家人及其女友傅骞人（郭蔼明）均没收到任何勒索电话。两天后警察阿 Pit（梁家辉）在马文信座驾中发现神秘血渍，跟踪发现马文信被倒吊在山景酒店发生灭门惨案的那间房里，且浑身布满伤痕。自此，马文信像被欧炳同的鬼魂附体一般，不光终日对傅骞人疑神疑鬼，还时常对其目露凶光。

罗丽拉（玛丽莲·梦露 Marilyn Monroe 饰）和桃乐西（简·拉塞尔 Jane Russell 饰）是舞台上的好搭档，生活中的好伙伴。艳光四射的两人走在一起，吸引了无数男人的目光，然而，她们并非空有一副好皮囊，论智商，罗丽拉和桃乐西可不输给任何人。某日，罗丽拉登上了驶往法国的轮船，前去和情人艾仕文（埃利奥特·里德 Elliott Reid 饰）结婚，在船上，两人遇见了一名为古斯（托米·努南 Tommy Noonan 饰）的男子。原来，古斯是艾仕文父亲派来的私家侦探，为的是考验罗丽拉对自己儿子的真心。随着时间的推移，桃乐西竟然慢慢爱上了善良的古斯，但罗丽拉很显然帮自己的好闺蜜相中了另一位“金龟婿”。

一伙自称幕屋一门的强人在江户树起了“新阴流正统”的道场大旗，这让柳生一门颜面扫地，群情激昂的众年轻门徒决定偷袭幕屋道场，谁知竟被早有准备的敌人反杀。为报血海深仇，更为了维护柳生新阴流的尊严，十兵卫和师弟庄田率领十名精干弟子深入虎穴，与一生中所遇到的最强大的对手拼死血战到底。。。