NP - Cloud Atlas Trailer

[Alex Colter]

Would you folks recommend the book? Currently goin' through Le Guin and I'm
sure enjoyin' her.

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 4:29 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
> >>
> >> 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
> >>
> >> 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.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "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
>
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