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Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake

1967 · 97 min

A playful, dreamlike puzzle that drifts and loops, rewarding patience with strange images rather than story.

Directed by
Mary Ellen Bute
Genres
Drama
Overview
Based on the stage play Passages from Finnegans Wake, itself based on random passages from Finnegans Wake, Mary Ellen Bute's adaptation is a comical, avant-garde kaleidoscope about a man named Finnegan who dreams about his wake and then wakes up from his dream.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Identity, memory, death, family
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Genres
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    None
    Era
    timeless
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour5
    Realism2
    Romance2
    Tension2
    Darkness4
    Complexity9
    Emotional weight4

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Mary Ellen Bute
    Starring
    Martin J. Kelley, Jane Reilly, Peter Haskell, Page Johnson, John V. Kelleher, Ray Flanagan, Maura Pryor, Jo Jo Slavin
    Music
    Elliot Kaplan
    Cinematography
    Ted Nemeth
    Runtime
    97 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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