MOVIE OF THE MONTH : FEBRUARY 2013

                                                     
Directors   :Lana Wachowski, 
                Tom Tykwer, 
                Andy Wachowski
Based on:Cloud Atlas 
                by David Mitchell

Camera :Frank Griebe

Running:171 minutes

Release :February 22, 2013

In an industry often criticised for its lack of risk-taking and ambition, Cloud Atlas stands out as a true anomaly. The work of no fewer than three directors: Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis, it’s an adaptation of David Mitchell’s prize-winning, mind-boggling book of the same name.

Against the odds, the filmmakers gathered together a huge budget from an eclectic range of sources, and brought together a similarly eclectic cast, including Halle Berry, Tom Hanks, Jim Broadbent and Hugo Weaving. As has been widely publicised by now, many of them play different characters across the movie’s multiple storylines, some of them set far in the past, others in the distant future.

Many, including us, wondered if it was possible to make a coherent movie out of the novel, but Cloud Atlas’s pre-release reception has been extremely warm thus far. Although some critics disliked it, others have fallen in love with it, and even described it as potentially Oscar-worthy.

At its debut at the Toronto Film Festival, the movie even received a 10-minute standing ovation. If even a room full of jaded critics are willing to give themselves sore hands from applauding a three-hour sci-fi drama, then that’s surely a sign that Cloud Atlas is worth looking forward to.

Unlike the original novel, the film is structured, according to novelist David Mitchell, "as a sort of pointillist mosaic: We stay in each of the six worlds just long enough for the hook to be sunk in, and from then on the film darts from world to world at the speed of a plate-spinner, revisiting each narrative for long enough to propel it forward".

Website of the Movie: http://cloudatlas.warnerbros.com

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