芬尼根守灵夜 (1966)
简介 Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake 1965 16mm film 90mins This was the first attempt to cinematize the works of Irish author James Joyce. Based more on a stage adaptation by Mary Manning t
han 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...
