This is adapted from a 2004 novel by David Mitchell and made by a German
independent film company. Various
narrative threads weave in and out of each other plus in and out of several
different historical time periods.
They illustrate mankind’s quest for tolerance and peace throughout the
ages from 1849 to 2321. Everything
is connected, a diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific, letters from a
composer, a thriller about a nuclear power plant, a publisher in a nursing
home, a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea, a tribe living in
post-apocalyptic Hawaii. Each
actor in the basic ensemble appears in multiple roles as their stories move
through time.
The subject matter here are deep, heaven and the afterlife, karma and the
transmigration of souls, the ancient belief in life as a repetitive cycle with
eternal recurrence, the uncertainty principle, the theory of relativity,
transformational experience and déjà vu.
To condense this down to a basic idea, I think it is personal freedom and safety. I found my mind wandering and distracted by trying to keep track of the core
group of actors in spite of their different disguises. There is a lot packed into this film
and it’s long!! 3* (This movie is
OK)
172 min Drama directed by Andy and Lana Wachowski, Tom
Tykwer with Tom Hanks, Halle
Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben
Whishaw.
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