William Saroyan

In a small town in California's San Joaquin Valley, 14-year-old Homer Macauley is determined to be the best and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger anyone has ever seen. His older brother has gone to war, leaving Homer to look after his widowed mother, his older sister and his 4-year-old brother, Ulysses. And so it is that as spring turns to summer, 1942, Homer Macauley delivers messages of love, hope, pain... and death... to the good people of Ithaca. And Homer Macauley will grapple with one message that will change him forever - from a boy into a man. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Saroyan's 1943 novel, The Human Comedy, ITHACA is the quintessential wartime tale of the Home Front. It is a coming-of-age story about the exuberance of youth, the sweetness of life, the sting of death and the modesty and sheer goodness that lives in each and every one of us.

한 남자가 가족과 함께 시골에 있는 아버지의 집으로 여행을 가게 되고, 이 여행길에서 평화롭고 화목한 가정이라는 환상이 깨지고 만다. 에 이은 감독의 차기작으로, 절망의 상황에 빠진 평범한 사람들에 대한 이야기를 아름다운 촬영과 함께 전해준다. 남들이 보기엔 아무 문제가 없이 화목한 가정 그러나 대화가 단절된 부부. 아내 베라는 그 단절된 대화에 죽음보다 깊은 절망에 빠져 남편 알렉산더에게 자신이 임신을 했으며 그 아이가 남편의 아이가 아니라고 말한다. 더 나아가 자신의 부재중에 절친한 자신의 가장 친한 친구가 자신의 집을 방문했었고 아이들을 내 보낸후 한참을 있었다는 사실을 알게 되면서 알렉은 깊은 고민에 빠진다. 죽일것인가, 같이 그냥 잊고 살것인가......형에게 의논을 한 후 내린 결론은 유산을 시키고 그냥 잊고 사는 것. 불법 의료 시설을 이용해 낙태를 시켰으나 아내는 심장 마비로 죽고만다. 모든 것을 잃은 상실감으로 괴로워하는 알렉, 그러나 그 아이는 자신의 아이였으며 대화가 단절된 불통의 세상에서의 생명은 이미 살아도 죽은것이라는 베라의 깊은 절망감이 불러 일으킨 해프닝이었고 심장마비도 사실은 그녀가 수술후 내준 진통제를 다량 투여하여 스스로 선택한 죽음이었다. 이런 사실을 알리 없는 알랙은 친한 친구의 집으로 자신의 아이를 데리러 가지만.......

William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize-winning play revolves around the denizens of a San Francisco bar in 1939. Lonely, lovelorn, weary or cynical, the characters drift in and out of the bar and each other's lives, giving voice to Saroyan's philosophies as they randomly comment about the impending world war, the beauty of art, and traditional notions of good and evil. At least one of the relationships stands a chance of enduring: a brawny innocent named Tom is falling in love with a vulnerable young prostitute named Kitty. Saroyan himself is heard reciting the play's prologue.

A surreal film done in the style of a silent farce.

Director James Whale's last film, it was supposed to be part of an anthology film but was never released. A down on his luck gambler ends up in jail in a small Texan town where he meets and falls in love with Emily. They make plans to go to San Francisco but may not get the opportunity.

Joe spends a lot of his time at Nick's Pacific Street Saloon. Tom, who credits Joe with once saving his life, stops by regularly to run errands for Joe. Today, Tom notices a woman named Kitty when she comes into Nick's, and he quickly falls in love with her. Meanwhile, a distraught young man repeatedly calls his girlfriend, begging her to marry him. Nick himself muses on all the various persons who come into his bar, some to ask for work and others just to pass the time.

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.