Monday 5 November 2012

Film Preview: Cloud Atlas

Based on the book of the same name written in 2004 by David Mitchell (not the British comedian from Peep Show), David and Lana Wachowski have written and directed the movie adaptation along with Tom Tykwer. After they created the Matrix trilogy there is always a lot of intrigue about any movie involving the Wachowski's although this one has been marred by the 'racism' allegations about hiring Caucasian actors to play Chinese characters using makeup and prosthetics which feature heavily around the eyes.

Movie Poster
The film looks at 6 different stories and shows the impact of our lives on the past, present and future of the world. The 6 worlds are the Pacific Ocean in the 19th century, Edinburgh in 1936, San Francisco in 1975, UK in 2012, Seoul in South Korea in the 22nd century and a beautiful ocean island in a distant post-apocalyptic world. Slowly these stories are revealed and are pulled together to form one narrative.

The trailer is embedded below and the movie comes out in the UK on 22nd February 2013 despite already being released in the US.

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