简介：JamesJoyceledaneventfulandturbulentlife.Fromthebeginning,hewassomethingofanoutsider.Hischildhoodwasimpoverishedandchaotic.Nonetheless,hisalcoholicfatherensuredthathewaseducatedatIreland'seliteschools.Fromanearlyage,Joycerevealedanimpulsetorebelagainstsocialconventions.HenotonlyrejectedtheCatholicreligion,but,inhisownwords,'declaredopenwarontheCatholicchurchbyallthatIwriteandsayanddo.'Hewasabrilliantstudent-winningnumerousscholarshipsandawards-andhewasalsosexuallyprecocious,frequentingDublin'sprostituteswhilestillveryyoung.Then,onJune16th,1904,hebecameintimatewithayoungchambermaidfromGalwaycalledNoraBarnacle.Thatdatewouldbecomethedayonwhichhesetalltheactionofhisgreatnovel,Ulysses.Norabecamehislifelongpartner,andtheyspenttherestoftheirlivesoutsideIreland.Formanyyears,theylivedinmiserableconditions,butJoycewasreadytosacrificehimself-andothers,whennecessary-tofurtherhisartisticambitions.Eventually,hewonworldwideliterarycelebrity,buthecontinuedtoliveinsomechaos,andhewasstillsubjecttorecurrenteyecomplaintsandotherseriousillnesses.WhentheNazisinvadedFrance,hewasconcernedforthesafetyofhisgrandsonStephen,whowashalf-Jewish.Eventually,hemanagedtofindsanctuaryinSwitzerland,buthediedjustafewweeksafterheandhisfamilyhadarrivedthere.Sincethen,hisfamehasgrown,andheisnowrecognisedbyatoweringfigureinworldliterature,withUlyssesoftencitedasthemostinfluentialworkoffictionofthetwentiethcentury.ThestoryofJoyce'slifeandworkispresentedbythecelebratedOscar-winningactress,AnjelicaHuston.ShegrewupinthewestofIreland,andhashadacloseassociationwithJoyce'sworkformanyyears.ShedeliveredanacclaimedstageperformanceofMollyBloom'sfamoussoliloquyfromUlyssessomeyearsago,andalsoplayedtheleadfemaleroleinthelastmoviemadebyherfather,thelegendarydirector,JohnHuston.ThiswasanadaptationofJoyce'smostfamousshortstory,TheDead.ThisisgenerallyreckonedtobeoneofthefinestshortstorieseverwrittenintheEnglishlanguage.Anjelicahassaidthat,whenshefirstreadTheDead,it'spoketohersoul',andherperformanceinherfather'sfilmislittleshortofsublime.TheDeadiswidelyregardedasthemostsuccessful-andthemostauthentic-adaptationofJoyce'swork.However,itwasfilmedonasoundstageindowntownLosAngeles.Anjelicabringsapassionateunderstandingofthehumanity,thecourageandtheconsummateartistryofJoyce'swriting.Inthisdocumentary,sheisjoinedbyotherleadingwriters-suchasManBookerPrizewinnerAnneEnright,andDavidSimon,thewriterofthegroundbreakingTVseriesTheWire-assheexploresJoyce'swork,andseekstoexplainitsuniversalappeal.OthercontributorsincludeColmToibin,DominicWest,RuthGilligan,FintanO'Toole,EdnaO'Brien,FrankMcGuinness,JeffreyEugenidesandElmearMcBride.…