Ulysses (1967)
b/w English · DVD

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universally heralded as the ground-breaking 20th century novel, james joyce's ulysses shattered literary conventions and public mores - which saw the book banned on several countries, including the u.s. finally achieving its current status as a modern masterpiece. academy award - winning filmmaker joseph strick successfully translates joyce's unique vision to the screen in this critically acclaimed film with compelling performances by milo o'shea, barbare jefford and maurice roeves. from an oscar - nominated screenplay, strick captures the narrative spirit of joyce's stream-of-consciousness prose using sound and image montages, flashbacks, dream sequences and inner monologues.
the story follows the meanderings of leopold bloom, a jewish advertising salesman and joyce's reflection of homer's wandering epic hero. bloom's journey - sometimes harrowing, sometimes ludicrous, but never epic - unfolds over twenty-four hours on the coarse streets of dublin where he joins the sordid revels of a fellow wanderer, the young poet stephen dedalus (joyce's alter ego and hero a portrait of the artist as a young man). through his trials, bloom must cope with his own impotence, his lusty wife and her spirited infidelities and a healthy dose of the demons and phantasms plaguing the mind of modern man.