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Dublin: June 16th, 1904. Stephen Daedalus, a poet, embarks on a day of wandering about the city during which he finds friendship and a father figure in Leopold Bloom, a middle-aged Jew. Meanwhile, Bloom’s day, illuminated by a funeral and an evening of drinking and revelry that stirs paternal feelings towards Stephen, ends with a rapprochement with Molly, his cuckolding wife.
Special Features
- Notes by Director Joseph Strick
- Anecdotes from the worldwide ban on Ulysses
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- Running Time: 120 minutes
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Widescreen
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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Literary anoraks usually have difficulty in coping with movie adapations of their favourite books, failing to understand that their mental view of the original will not survive the change of medium and the consequent creation of a new art form. A book as iconic as Joyce's Ulysses will never be faithfully 'reproduced' on screen to the satisfaction of such critics.
In fact Joseph Strick's 1967 film not only sees the successful transition of Joyce's book into a new medium (within the 'new wave' tradition popular with film makers at the time) but has also created a work that remains highly relevant to the 21st century viewer. Strick actually filmed in black and white and in 'modern dress' ( for the time) for budgetary rather than aesthetic reasons.
Although set a century ago in 1904 the book introduced a whole plethora of very modern sounding topics -sexual and personal relationships, consumerism, nationalism, religious and racial intolerance, advertising and media, immigration, popular music and the position of the artist in society (among others!). Strick's film was fortunately made at a time in the Sixties when the ground norms of society were being widely questioned and the film picks up some of this buzz. The happy result - helped greatly by the minimalist 'modern' dress and settings - is a film that seems to consist of up -to-date real people with real lives and something relevant to say to a present day audience about their own lives.
Sean Walsh's more recent adaptation of Ulysses ('Bloom', made in 2004)on the other hand, while beautifully fimed and acted, is played as a period drama that aims to reproduce the original environment of Joyce's book as closely as possible. As a result, to me anyway , the latter film fails to touch any nerve other than as a pleasant enough adaptation but one that is about as relevant to our present day lives as an adaptation of Jane Austen.
In fact Joseph Strick's 1967 film not only sees the successful transition of Joyce's book into a new medium (within the 'new wave' tradition popular with film makers at the time) but has also created a work that remains highly relevant to the 21st century viewer. Strick actually filmed in black and white and in 'modern dress' ( for the time) for budgetary rather than aesthetic reasons.
Although set a century ago in 1904 the book introduced a whole plethora of very modern sounding topics -sexual and personal relationships, consumerism, nationalism, religious and racial intolerance, advertising and media, immigration, popular music and the position of the artist in society (among others!). Strick's film was fortunately made at a time in the Sixties when the ground norms of society were being widely questioned and the film picks up some of this buzz. The happy result - helped greatly by the minimalist 'modern' dress and settings - is a film that seems to consist of up -to-date real people with real lives and something relevant to say to a present day audience about their own lives.
Sean Walsh's more recent adaptation of Ulysses ('Bloom', made in 2004)on the other hand, while beautifully fimed and acted, is played as a period drama that aims to reproduce the original environment of Joyce's book as closely as possible. As a result, to me anyway , the latter film fails to touch any nerve other than as a pleasant enough adaptation but one that is about as relevant to our present day lives as an adaptation of Jane Austen.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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For me James Joyce 1924 novel Ulysses comes under the heading of "some kind of masterpiece I suppose" depicting as it does a day in Dublin in 1904, the year in which Joyce became a voluntary exile from Ireland never to return, but writing about Ireland for the rest of his life.
The once experimental "stream of consciousness" style of internal monologue is well captured in this 1967 film by voice over, and the adaptation clearly focuses on the outstanding events in the novel, events I clearly remember thirty years after reading it (it is that kind of novel).
There is no real plot, just two men walking about Dublin in June 1904 and finally meeting in the evening. Stephen Dedalus (fictional persona of James Joyce first met in his semi autobiographical novel "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man") a young schoolteacher, Leopold Bloom (Milo O'Shea) is on the margins of society as a jew and is married to a famous singer Molly Bloom (Barbara Jefford) who is openly adulterous adding to Bloom's isolation.
The novel ends with Molly Blooms famous long monologue which Barbara Jefford handles superbly.
This is a great adaptation of Joyce's controversial novel, but will mainly appeal to those familiar with the book.
The once experimental "stream of consciousness" style of internal monologue is well captured in this 1967 film by voice over, and the adaptation clearly focuses on the outstanding events in the novel, events I clearly remember thirty years after reading it (it is that kind of novel).
There is no real plot, just two men walking about Dublin in June 1904 and finally meeting in the evening. Stephen Dedalus (fictional persona of James Joyce first met in his semi autobiographical novel "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man") a young schoolteacher, Leopold Bloom (Milo O'Shea) is on the margins of society as a jew and is married to a famous singer Molly Bloom (Barbara Jefford) who is openly adulterous adding to Bloom's isolation.
The novel ends with Molly Blooms famous long monologue which Barbara Jefford handles superbly.
This is a great adaptation of Joyce's controversial novel, but will mainly appeal to those familiar with the book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I saw this film in the cinema when it first came out in 1967, and was impressed then. I'd not seen it since till I bought this DVD recently, but I find it even better than I remember. No film of less than 20 hours length could do full justice to the complex James Joyce novel this is based on. But for me the film stands in its own right, whilst still capturing the essence of the novel. However I do know the novel well - if you don't you might wonder what on earth is going on. Great acting from Milo O'Shea and T.P. McKenna and the medium of black and white is exactly right for subject. Its a pity there are no subtitles available on the DVD..
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A toe in the water
If ever a book was unfilmable, this is it.
However, if you want to get a feel for the atmosphere of Dublin in Joyce's time, then this is a decent place to start. Read more
However, if you want to get a feel for the atmosphere of Dublin in Joyce's time, then this is a decent place to start. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. Paul Bulmer
Bowdlerised
This was broadcast on TV some time soon after it had been released in the cinema. I remember watching it.
I just bought and watched this DVD and I mostly enjoyed it. Read more
I just bought and watched this DVD and I mostly enjoyed it. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Andy PW
A fine film
This is a beautiful film, quite superbly photographed and wonderfully acted. It captures very well the simplest ie purely narrative dimension of Joyce's miraculous novel, but the... Read more
Published 10 months ago by MallingFox
Awful
This stultifyingly pedestrian adaptation of one of the greatest novels of the 20th century is to be avoided at all costs. Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2007 by lexo1941
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