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Finnegans Wake

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In this inventive attempt to bring to the big screen James Joyce's "unfilmable" final masterpiece, which circles through the dreams and subconscious of a man over the course of one night, characters read passages from the novel itself. With visual and other stylistic devices -- some readings are accompanied by subtitles and occasionally the film switches into animation -- this experimental work offers an accessible entry point into a difficult text.

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Elizabeth Hardwick Vogue 06/20/2023
Something of the flow of life is certainly caught for us, but it could hardly be said that the film is a "success." We honor, instead, an attempt that perhaps could not succeed. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Mary Ellen Bute

Director

Martin J. Kelley

Finnegan

Jane Reilly

Anna Livia

Peter Haskell

Shem

Page Johnson

Shaun

John V. Kelleher

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Synopsis In this inventive attempt to bring to the big screen James Joyce's "unfilmable" final masterpiece, which circles through the dreams and subconscious of a man over the course of one night, characters read passages from the novel itself. With visual and other stylistic devices -- some readings are accompanied by subtitles and occasionally the film switches into animation -- this experimental work offers an accessible entry point into a difficult text.
Director
Mary Ellen Bute
Screenwriter
Mary Ellen Bute
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 9, 1967, Limited
Runtime
1h 37m