a if the film be not of value in itself and this be an excellent way to get an overview of the novel a a preface to read it . in the summer of 1968 i saw the film in nyc while that fall in graduate school and i read the book for the first time . some of the pleasure in read the novel be my memory of the scrupulously detailed film . and for good or bad and i have now read and teach the novel for over three decade milo oshea be still leopold bloom .