近日,詹姆斯·弗兰克的新片《我弥留之际》入围2013年戛纳电影节的一种关注单元,与此同时,剧组也发布了该片的首张剧照。去年夏天曝出詹姆斯·弗兰克要自导自演新片,且这部新片改编自威廉·福克纳的小说《我弥留之际》时,业界一片哗然。因为这部小说改编成电影的难度之大,恐怕在电影史上都能数得上。如今观众们可以检阅弗兰克的功力了。威廉·福克纳,作为意识流流派的代表作家,一生共写了19部长篇小说与近百篇短篇小说,其中15部长篇与绝大多数短篇的故事都发生在约克纳帕塔法县,称为约克纳帕塔法世系。其主要脉络是这个县杰弗逊镇及其郊区的属于不同社会阶层的若干个家族的几代人的故事,时间从1800年起直到第二次世界大战以后。世系中共600多个有名有姓的人物在各个长篇、短篇小说中穿插交替出现。其中最有代表性的作品是《喧哗与骚动》。而詹姆斯·弗兰克选择的 Recently, James Frank’s new film, “My Dad,” was nominated for a Focus Unit at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. At the same time, the crew released the first stills of the film. The industry was in an uproar when it was revealed last summer that James Frank was trying to steal a new film and that the new film was adapted from William Faulkner’s novel, “Where I Stand.” Because of the difficulty of adapting this novel into a movie, I am afraid I can count on it in movie history. Now viewers can review Frank’s skill. William Faulkner, the representative writer of the stream of consciousness school, wrote 19 novels and nearly a hundred short stories in his lifetime, of which 15 short stories and the vast majority of short stories happened in York County, Known as the Yaknampatha Dha lineage. Its main context is the story of several generations of several clans belonging to different social classes in the town of Jefferson and its suburbs, from 1800 until after World War II. There are more than 600 famous surnames in the lineage, appearing alternately in various lengthy and short stories. One of the most representative works is “Sound and Fury”. And James Frank chose it