山姆 尼尔

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.

2017年，李一凡开始拍摄杀马特。他从深圳开始，在深圳、广州、中山、惠州、重庆、贵阳、黔东南州、黔西南州、毕节、安顺、昆明、大理、玉溪、曲靖，以及红河州，共计完成杀马特采访67个，网络采访11个。在拍摄期间，李一凡又从杀马特和其他工人手中，通过直接购买手机视频等方式，收 集了工厂流水线及工人生活录像915段。这是一次详实且残酷的调查梳理行动。五颜六色的头发下面，李一凡重新检讨了城乡关系里，关于社会底层工人的生存代价和权利困境的根源。当越来越多的杀马特消失在人们视线里，而曾经或依旧是流水线工人的他们，和今天仍然不断涌入城市的打工者一样，依然面临着实质上的权利不平等，依旧笼罩在制度性排斥的阴影里。杀马特音译自英语“smart”一词，泛指一种中国城市年轻工人中曾经风靡一时的亚文化潮流，以夸张而廉价的服饰、发型著称。艺术家、纪录片导演李一凡花费数年时间实地接触和研究“杀马特”群体，最终用访谈和工厂场景创作出一部长片，并在展览现场用数百部二手手机播放购买自工人自拍的生产场景。李一凡将展览视为一次让美术馆观众看到另外一个社群的机会，在长片中他借用年轻工人的陈述，描绘出杀马特形成的条件、变化，及如何在舆论暴力下走向式微。在项目中，他始终是以无知者的角色进入，随后逐渐发现杀马特的遭遇，来自于年轻工人的孤立处境和与城市主流生活之间的疏离，并把项目看作是对杀马特一词祛魅化的过程。这与他一贯的立场保持一致，即认为在中国的现状下，艺术创作应当基于对社会生活的直接体感，才能因现实本身的超越性，获得足够的创造力。

警察阿猫（周润发 饰）于枪枝交易现场发现了一具女尸，跟一个小女孩加加。为了能顺利破案，他找到了死者妹妹阿雪（钟楚红 饰），刚开始阿雪对阿猫有莫明的恐惧，拒绝配合阿猫的工作，但后来见阿猫对加加的细心照顾，慢慢对他有了好感。此时阿雪的前夫阿良回来要求阿雪与他复婚，因为阿雪已经爱上了阿猫，便拒绝了阿良的要求。 一天，阿猫遇到了头晕军火的匪徒，双方激战后阿猫逮捕了他们，受了重伤的阿猫幸好得到了阿雪的照顾，两人感情加深。阿良竟然住进了阿雪的家里，偷运军火的人也盯上了阿猫。刚到阿雪家，阿猫便受到了阿良的袭击，两人打斗之时，暴徒也追赶了上来……

家庭离异的中年男人杜红军（范伟 饰）是一名看车人，年过不惑的他渴望重新拥有一个完整的家庭，于是和美丽的花店店主小宋（陈小艺 饰）好上了。小宋也是一个离了婚的女人，两人共同的愿望就是赶快组织一个新的家。杜红军的儿子因为思念母亲，一直反对杜红军再婚。但杜红军还是和小宋结了婚。就在一切准备妥当的时候，小宋的前夫刘三从监狱里出来了。刘三反悔了当初的离婚协议，于是一切开始变得不可收拾……