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The Wake (2000)
Director: Michael Kvium
Cast: Claus Christensen, Niels Olaf Gudme, Sarah Boberg, Elina Löwensohn
5.2Runtime462 min
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The Wake is the title of a large-scale multimedia project, the main element of which is an eight-hour long silent movie. The film is based on Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (London 1939), a limit-transgressing, perhaps even limit-dissolving book that not only transgresses the limits of what literature is and is capable of, but inscribes transgressions on almost all conceivable levels. It is at the same time dream book, history book and necrology. It is almost impossible to determine whether we are dealing with a long poem, a prose narrative or a piece of drama.
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The Wake, a 2000 film directed by Michael Kvium, has received a mixed critical reception. Based on the experimental novel Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, the film is an eight-hour long silent movie that transgresses the boundaries of traditional filmmaking. With an IMDb rating of 5.2/10, the film's public reception has been relatively divided.
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Fans of experimental and avant-garde cinema will appreciate the ambitious, limit-dissolving nature of The Wake, director Michael Kvium's 2000 film based on James Joyce's seminal work Finnegans Wake. This nearly 8-hour silent film blurs the lines between dream, history, and necrology, providing a truly immersive and thought-provoking cinematic experience.