NP - Cloud Atlas Trailer

[David Morris]

This sounds more like it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_(film)

The official synopsis for Cloud Atlas (film) reads, "an epic story of
humankind in which the actions and consequences of our lives impact
one another throughout the past, present and future as one soul is
shaped from a murderer into a savior and a single act of kindness
ripples out for centuries to inspire a revolution."

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
> The Wachowskis do visually interesting work pretty steadily. Like Laura, I
> think the strong thread business is the screenwriters' interpolation, but
> then, the old movies v. books conflict is inevitable whenever Hollywood
> scams a title. It's interesting that Mitchell appears in a cameo. Guess he
> endorses it?
>
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:12 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Each new era in the book had a thread connecting to the previous, but
>> there was no sappy "love conquers all" message.  More to the point was
>> unexpected results from fragments of a previous time.
>>
>> The trailer IS visually interesting...
>>
>> David Morris
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>> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 2:41 PM,  <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> > That barrage of swelling, upbeat music is kind of off-putting.  I didn't
>> > think the various sections of the book held together thematically ( at
>> > least, I couldn't detect a theme.  Anyone?), but surely it wasn't supposed
>> > to be this hogwash about eternal love and spirituality, was it?
>> >
>> > Laura
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> >>From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>> >>Sent: Jul 27, 2012 2:54 PM
>> >>To: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> >>Subject: NP - Cloud Atlas Trailer
>> >>
>>
>> >> >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hWnAqFyaQ5s#at=172
>> >>
>> >>I think the Tom Hanks narration is going to kill it.
>> >
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> --
> "Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all creeds
> the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust in reason
> is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness groping for
> the sun. I know no more about the ultimates than the simplest urchin in the
> streets." -- Will Durant