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James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

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All things Joyce

John Huston's final film as director was the elegiac adaptation of Joyce's short story, The Dead. It starred his daughter Angelica Huston who also presents this documentary on Irish writer James Joyce.

Huston looks into his life and also examines his writings which can be difficult to comprehend. There are contributions from fans and other Irish writers such as Edna O'Brien.

Joyce might be regarded as one of Ireland's finest writers, yet as I discovered his books were out of place in the independent Ireland. Too mucky in what was a conservative Catholic country.

Joyce came from a poor background, his father was an alcoholic yet he went to a top school. He discovered sex, visiting the red light area of Dublin. He rejected religion and found passion with Nora Barnacle, a chambermaid from Galway.

In his final years he had to flee the Nazis and ended up in Switzerland.

Huston is a fan of Joyce. She grew up in Ireland and enjoyed being involved in the making of The Dead.

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Is There One Who Understands Me?: The World of James Joyce

Excellent biographical documentary

Anyone wishing to find an accessible introduction to Joyce and his works would do well to start with this feature length documentary about his life and works. Mixing beautifully filmed shots of present day Dublin and Paris with the turn of the century with the present day, it is interspersed with period music and is an artistic work in its own right. More importantly, it includes interviews with Joyce's relatives and Richard Ellman, the world's greatest Joycean scholar who have all since passed away. For this reason alone, it is unlikely to be surpassed. Sean O'Mordha who specialises in arts documentaries, produced and directed two "sequels" about the lives of Samuel Beckett (Silence to Silence, 1987) and Oscar Wilde (Spendthrift of Genius, 1988). His recent works include "Seven Ages, the Story of the Irish State" and "Portrait of the Irish Artist".

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The Brazen Head Volta: Joycean Film & Video

Note: This section is slated to be restored over the next few years. Until then, most of the links go directly to YouTube. As the Brazen Head creates its own pages for these films, they will be announced on the “What’s New?” page.

This section of The Brazen Head explores films related to Joyce, from cinematic adaptations of his work to documentaries about his life.

James Joyce was fascinated by the world of film. In 1909, with the aid of some professionals from Trieste, he opened the Volta, the first cinema in Dublin. Later in life he discussed the filming of Ulysses with the great Sergei Eisenstein, and even contended that certain episodes of Finnegans Wake could be adapted to the screen. Indeed, he often incorporated cinematic techniques into his narrative, including flashbacks, montages, and dissolving scenes.

But despite this, there’s a distinct lack of films based on Joyce’s oeuvre. The characteristics which make Joyce’s writing so revolutionary are