NP - Cloud Atlas Trailer

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I liked it also but, if you haven't read the author and are curious, I think Jacob de Zoet is a better book.



-----Original Message-----
From: Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
To: Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
Cc: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>; Alex Colter <recoignishon at gmail.com>; kelber <kelber at mindspring.com>; pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Fri, Jul 27, 2012 10:01 pm
Subject: Re: NP - Cloud Atlas Trailer


Yup - thoroughly enjoyale reading. 


Bek

On Jul 27, 2012, at 5:05 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:




Yes, I agree with David. A good read, rewarding without too much exercise.



On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 3:01 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

Yes.  It was enjoyable with a nice pace.  Not heavy lifting, but not
dull or trite.


On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Alex Colter <recoignishon at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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"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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