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Directed by Joseph Strick...
Sober. Earnest. Respectful. And, alas, excruciating. There is really little more to be said about Joseph Strick's adaptation of the James Joyce masterpiece. The novel may be this century's greatest restatement of that endlessly fascinating story of a youth in revolt against family, society, culture, religion-everything that formed him. But of course it is not the familiar tale Joyce told, but the manner in which he told it, that compels one's attention and awe. And there is simply no way to construct a film that can contain more than a suggestion...
...think that fundamentally the critic and the director are enemies--and that's the way it's supposed to be. They each have an important job to do, but they can do it best with absolutely no contact between them. Joseph Strick (director of The Balcony, Ulysses, and The Tropic of Cancer...
...Joseph Strick makes it a point not to read criticism written about his movies. It's hard to really fault him for it though; for even a cursory sampling of film criticism written in the U.S. today reveals the extent of polarization between critics and artists. Strick is simply recognizing, to borrow a well-worn academic concept, that there is little or no "constructive" criticism being written. Why should a director read his critics, unless he's hoping for an ego boost? There's nothing to be learned...
...personal approach starts out with the critic's own personality, and the film is seen in relation to it; the objective approach attempts to start out with the film itself, difficult as that may be. But if more critics tried the latter, Joseph Strick might begin reading reviews again. And perhaps some meaningful dialogue between artists and critics and the public could ensue, for the betterment of art in general...