The metaphor of the comet and more

Payton 2022-01-25 08:04:52

Many of the protagonists in the story have birthmarks in the shape of "comets", either on the waist, or on the shoulders, or on the chest, or behind the head. The comet across the night sky, although fleeting, but as brilliant and lonely as fireworks. These protagonists are all fighting to change their own destiny, and at the same time they have become trendies in the entire society. They are like comets, depicting brilliant deeds with their lives. Although they are fleeting, although they are out of step with the present world, they form an amazing cloud picture. The six independent stories are connected by such similar details at each critical moment. There is overlap between the characters and the nesting between the stories. In fact, it implies the "reincarnation" of the world, in order to change, in order to Pushing a door open, generations of people are doing the same effort-for human rights, for faith, for kindness, for love... Therefore, we are not alone. Perhaps there is a person with the same fate as me in another corner of the world, and perhaps a person with the same knowledge as me will appear many years later, whose thoughts have broken time and space, history and reality, east and west, Poverty and nobility, public and individual, all the contradictions will eventually pass away, and we are like a drop of water in the ocean, hoarse but not alone.

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Extended Reading
  • Carmel 2022-03-19 09:01:03

    Try to put together a few stories that seem to be from different eras, not to be confusing, but to highlight the connections. It may be vague to see it the first time, but it is indeed very NB when you see it the second time.

  • Branson 2021-10-20 19:01:29

    Kneeled down for the wonderful cast at the end

Cloud Atlas quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Vyvyan Ayrs: That's it! The music from my dream.

    Robert Frobisher: I call it the "Cloud Atlas Sextet".

  • [from trailer]

    Isaac Sachs: Yesterday, I believe I would never have done what I did today. I feel like something important has happened to me. Is this possible? I just met her, and yet... I have fallen in love with Luisa Rey.