Cloud Atlas (2012)

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Wed Oct 24 13:48:21 CDT 2012


The author's say on the "translation" into film:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443675404578060870111158076.html

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I can't find the word "fugue" in the review...
>
> 2012/10/24 Tom Beshear <tbeshear at att.net>:
>> Movie critics are rarely literary critics. Movies rely mostly on a single
>> linear narrative. How many movie critics are equipped to deal with a movie
>> that's playing a literary game? Let alone whether the movie plays that game
>> well. Guess I'm saying that I would expect most reviews of this film to be
>> not just negative, but aggressively so.



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