David Mitchell’s book "Cloud Atlas"
was considered unfilmable by many, including the author. But
screenwriter/directors Lana and Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer thought of a way
to make it work. In the past the trio have shown they have the cred to bring to
film stories that push the cinematic envelope: the Waschowskis are responsible
for "The Matrix," while Tykwer turned heads with his international hit "Run Lola
Run;" films that dealt with alternate realities and time-tripping narratives.
Mitchell’s book contains six different narratives, each in a different time and written in a different literary style. The filmmakers chose to cast the same actors in each story (as with a theatrical repertory company) so viewers would start making connections between the characters in different eras. They then chose to tell the stories simultaneously to further underscore their connections.
Oscar winners Tom Hanks and Halle Berry each star as six different characters, sometimes playing different races and genders. They are joined in this casting coup by Hugo Weaving, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Susan Sarandon, Keith David, Doona Bae, Jim Sturgess, James D’Arcy and Ben Whishaw.
For Hanks, it was a challenge he was ready to take on, though when he first read the script, it seemed a daunting task.
"If you’re to read the screenplay, you would see that, just like in the film, someone walks out of the room in 1934 and walks into a room in the year 3000, and it’s all the same beat, it’s all the same emotion, it’s the same color," Hanks said. "So my fear was, ’I’ve got six characters. I’m going to choke on two of them, at least. I’m going to blow it.’ In baseball, you’re still batting four out of six. That’s pretty good. There were some of the one-offs, particularly, when you were just working for a day or two, that you say, ’Man, I hope the magic comes!’"
Berry relates that she got to play a Korean man (Dr.One of the most durable and attractive styles of flooring that you can purchase is ceramic or porcelain tiles. Ovid) and a Caucasian woman (Jacosta Ayrs) in two of the stories. "Had it not been for a movie like this that required each person to play all of these characters to fulfill the theme of the movie, nobody would have ever picked me to play an Asian man or a Jewish German woman, ever," Berry said. "There was a knowingness when this was happening that this was pretty special and, as artists, we should soak in every moment of what this process is. Every day that Ovid [makeup] was on, I enjoyed what that felt like and what that was about. I can’t remember the last time I had this much fun on a movie.We mainly supply professional craftspeople with wholesale agate beads from china,"
In the simplest, terms, the six stories of "Cloud Atlas" are as follows. In the first,Selecting the best rtls solution is a challenging task as there is no global solution like GPS. set in 1849, An American slave trader (Sturgess) faces a critical illness while taking a ship home from the Pacific Islands with a slave stowed away in his cabin.The TagMaster Long Range hands free access System is truly built for any parking facility. The second, set in the 1930s, follows a gay music student (Whishaw) that comes to work for a legendary composer (Broadbent). He reinvigorates the composer and discovers his own genius, to tragic ends. A third story is set in 1973, and is a conspiratorial thriller in which a journalist (Berry) uncovers a scandal at a nuclear power plant.
The contemporary story is a comic episode in which a British publisher, named Timothy Cavendish (Broadbent), gets forcibly committed to a retirement home, run by Nurse Ratchet-like supervisor (Weaving). The fifth narrative is a sci-fi adventure set in a Seoul in 2144 in which a programmed young woman (called a "fabricant") escapes her controlled environment and ferments a revolution. The sixth story is set in post-apocalyptic Hawaii in which mankind has regressed to primitive behavior. In it a tribal leader (Hanks) assists a futuristic visitor (Berry) in a journey that could save mankind.
The repertory feel of the company of actors has some playing leads in one story, supporting roles in others. "We always knew who we were playing, the next day," Hanks said. "We’d read the call sheet at the end of the day, so we knew where we were going to have to be and how long it was going to take to do it.
"Sometimes you make films where you’re playing the same guy, but you go to six different locations. You shoot part of it in Iceland, you shoot part of it in the Sahara desert and you shoot part of it in L.A. This was like that, but squared or cubed. It was like an algorithm because the concentration and the output of each one of the characters was so completely different. They all required a different energy. They all required a different vibe that you carried around with you all day,The TagMaster Long Range hands free access System is truly built for any parking facility. and they all felt different because the costume and the make-up literally changed the way you stood or sat or tried to take a nap, on occasion.
"It was almost like a huge amount of the ’work’ was done for us. So much of what we have to do is pretend it was happening for the first time. On this movie, every day you were doing something that would never, ever be repeated because that character would be going to go away in a day or two."
Mitchell’s book contains six different narratives, each in a different time and written in a different literary style. The filmmakers chose to cast the same actors in each story (as with a theatrical repertory company) so viewers would start making connections between the characters in different eras. They then chose to tell the stories simultaneously to further underscore their connections.
Oscar winners Tom Hanks and Halle Berry each star as six different characters, sometimes playing different races and genders. They are joined in this casting coup by Hugo Weaving, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Susan Sarandon, Keith David, Doona Bae, Jim Sturgess, James D’Arcy and Ben Whishaw.
For Hanks, it was a challenge he was ready to take on, though when he first read the script, it seemed a daunting task.
"If you’re to read the screenplay, you would see that, just like in the film, someone walks out of the room in 1934 and walks into a room in the year 3000, and it’s all the same beat, it’s all the same emotion, it’s the same color," Hanks said. "So my fear was, ’I’ve got six characters. I’m going to choke on two of them, at least. I’m going to blow it.’ In baseball, you’re still batting four out of six. That’s pretty good. There were some of the one-offs, particularly, when you were just working for a day or two, that you say, ’Man, I hope the magic comes!’"
Berry relates that she got to play a Korean man (Dr.One of the most durable and attractive styles of flooring that you can purchase is ceramic or porcelain tiles. Ovid) and a Caucasian woman (Jacosta Ayrs) in two of the stories. "Had it not been for a movie like this that required each person to play all of these characters to fulfill the theme of the movie, nobody would have ever picked me to play an Asian man or a Jewish German woman, ever," Berry said. "There was a knowingness when this was happening that this was pretty special and, as artists, we should soak in every moment of what this process is. Every day that Ovid [makeup] was on, I enjoyed what that felt like and what that was about. I can’t remember the last time I had this much fun on a movie.We mainly supply professional craftspeople with wholesale agate beads from china,"
In the simplest, terms, the six stories of "Cloud Atlas" are as follows. In the first,Selecting the best rtls solution is a challenging task as there is no global solution like GPS. set in 1849, An American slave trader (Sturgess) faces a critical illness while taking a ship home from the Pacific Islands with a slave stowed away in his cabin.The TagMaster Long Range hands free access System is truly built for any parking facility. The second, set in the 1930s, follows a gay music student (Whishaw) that comes to work for a legendary composer (Broadbent). He reinvigorates the composer and discovers his own genius, to tragic ends. A third story is set in 1973, and is a conspiratorial thriller in which a journalist (Berry) uncovers a scandal at a nuclear power plant.
The contemporary story is a comic episode in which a British publisher, named Timothy Cavendish (Broadbent), gets forcibly committed to a retirement home, run by Nurse Ratchet-like supervisor (Weaving). The fifth narrative is a sci-fi adventure set in a Seoul in 2144 in which a programmed young woman (called a "fabricant") escapes her controlled environment and ferments a revolution. The sixth story is set in post-apocalyptic Hawaii in which mankind has regressed to primitive behavior. In it a tribal leader (Hanks) assists a futuristic visitor (Berry) in a journey that could save mankind.
The repertory feel of the company of actors has some playing leads in one story, supporting roles in others. "We always knew who we were playing, the next day," Hanks said. "We’d read the call sheet at the end of the day, so we knew where we were going to have to be and how long it was going to take to do it.
"Sometimes you make films where you’re playing the same guy, but you go to six different locations. You shoot part of it in Iceland, you shoot part of it in the Sahara desert and you shoot part of it in L.A. This was like that, but squared or cubed. It was like an algorithm because the concentration and the output of each one of the characters was so completely different. They all required a different energy. They all required a different vibe that you carried around with you all day,The TagMaster Long Range hands free access System is truly built for any parking facility. and they all felt different because the costume and the make-up literally changed the way you stood or sat or tried to take a nap, on occasion.
"It was almost like a huge amount of the ’work’ was done for us. So much of what we have to do is pretend it was happening for the first time. On this movie, every day you were doing something that would never, ever be repeated because that character would be going to go away in a day or two."
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