Cloud Atlas: Ein Film nach dem Roman «Der Wolkenatlas» von David Mitchell

by Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Lilly Wachowski

«‹Cloud Atlas› ist lustig, spannend, hanebüchen, philosophisch, klamottig, außerweltlich und postapokalyptisch, ein irres Ding von einem Film, der zum Schauen, Hören und auch Lachen einlädt.» Verena Lueken in der «Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung» Die kongeniale Filmversion von David Mitchells als unverfilmbar geltendem Weltbestseller «Der Wolkenatlas» haben drei Kinovisionäre in kreativer Allianz gemeinsam geschaffen: Tom Tykwer, der Regisseur von «Lola rennt» und «Das Parfum», sowie Lana und Andy Wachowski, die Schöpfer der «Matrix»- Trilogie. Ihr Film wartet mit einem einmaligen Staraufgebot auf: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry und Ben Whishaw gehören ebenso zum Ensemble wie Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess sowie Susan Sarandon und Hugh Grant. Jeder dieser Schauspieler begegnet uns in mehreren Rollen und verschiedenen Jahrhunderten. «Cloud Atlas» ist ein Epos voller Dramatik, Action und Romantik, das die Grenzen von Zeiten, Generationen und Genres sprengt. Dieses Buch enthält das komplette Drehbuch sowie 350 Fotos aus dem Film.

320 pages, Paperback

Published November 9, 2012

About the author

Lana Wachowski (formerly Laurence "Larry" Wachowski), with her sister Lilly, are American film directors, screenwriters, comic writers and producers.

Reviews

[Mihai Adrian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this quite a few years ago, amazing read nonetheless :)

[Scott Whitney · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the Cloud Atlas Sextet as it is described in the book. There are six different stories we read half of as they go from the past to the future and then are finished as we come back from the future and into the past. I really connected with four of the stories and came to dislike the narrator of two of the stories. I must admit I listened to this book as I was driving back and forth to work each day and my like or dislike may be influenced by the narration, but the characters themselves are what turned me off to their part of the storyline.

[Camilla · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nonostante l'ambizione e la genialità della struttura — con sei storie collegate tra loro che saltano da un'epoca all'altra e cambiano continuamente registro stilistico — il libro finisce per perdersi nella sua stessa complessità. La scelta di frammentare così tanto la narrazione, interrompendo i racconti sul più bello, spezza totalmente il ritmo e impedisce di creare un vero legame con i personaggi.
Un'opera sicuramente originale e stimolante sulla carta, ma che nella pratica si è rivelata faticosa e priva di quel coinvolgimento emotivo necessario a renderla davvero memorabile.

[Daniela Beckham · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading this book was a unique experience. The first half was great. Each separate story had me interested and invested. Then it went off the rails and never found its way back. It ended up being a disappointment.

[R J Royer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book reminds me of string theory and particle theory as we know what it implies to photons.