2012 · sci-fi · drama · epic
Cloud Atlas
Directed by Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer2h 52m2012
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.
Our read: Cloud Atlas (2012) reads as a neutral, kinetic, surreal sci-fi · drama · epic entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, kinetic, measured sci-fi / drama, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
- twisty
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