The 500-page "Cloud Atlas" is called a novel that "cannot be adapted". Like Juskind's "Perfume", it exposes its limitations to the language of images. Its magnificent pattern, long time, complex characters, independent stories, symmetrical structure, and the constantly staggered use of diaries, letters, novels, interrogation records and other forms of expression have once discouraged countless filmmakers, but in Tom Tick In the hands of Wei, a ghost who is good at sorting out time and clues, the impossible is also possible. His translation method is to break the structure of the original work and re-integrate the form by editing.
In the movie, diachronicity becomes synchronicity. The inextricable connections between each story and the parallel development of details are an intellectual challenge for the adaptor. The parallel editing of the six stories is a narrative. In a novel and bold attempt, Tom Tykway not only constructs the relationship between the plots, but also achieves the same emotional consistency. It can be described as painstaking to grasp the rhythm. Take a closer look, the six stories are actually the cycle of "time is fleeting, and the circle is not a circle". It spans classical, modern, modern, future, and the barbaric post-destruction. Each has antecedents and consequences. The first In the story, Adam Ewing’s diary became the source of Frobisher’s creation of the cloud chart hexatet in the second story. The latter and Smith’s letter were read by the female reporter in the third story. Her novel was No. The publisher in the four stories published, and the publisher’s story was made into a movie, completing the enlightenment of the clone in the fifth story. The clone then became the god in the sixth story. This dramatic time and space Passing is erratic, and there is a sense of passing through the vicissitudes of life.
The direct consequence of this is mixed reputation. The complex amount of information and the blindness effect caused by constantly changing characters can be said to be a direct test for the viewer. Considering the fragility of each story, it cannot be denied that the editing intends to complicate the story and achieve a certain "covering effect". In actual operation, the editing is not perfect. Most of the time, it is limited to the parallel development between 2-3 stories. The sextet is just the appearance. Tom Tykway’s more magical idea is to let a group of same actors play different characters in six stories, using amazing makeup techniques to interpret the theme of endless reincarnation. The world changes with time. These people Carrying the unchanging human nature on their bodies, even if they change their gender, rich and poor, good and evil identities, and experience the deduction of civilization, they can't see the trace of evolution. No matter what year or month, people seem to be defective individuals. They are just a grain of sand in the dust and a drop of water in the sea. Only when they are together can they merge into the world.
Many connections in the film are labeled as cultural. Humans have rise and fall, but culture has become the information reader for the next life in various ways. It can be Ewing’s diary, Frobisher’s music, Cavendy’s. The adventure and the sacrifice of Xingmei correspond to various arts such as literature, music, film and sculpture. In the eyes of the author, art is the most immortal across the long river of time. This is sold in the old version of the disc shop played by Ben Westshaw. A scene of the music CD he created in his previous life is the most intuitive proof.
Even so, the place where the whole movie ends is still "love" and "freedom", the two highest values abstracted in human history. Inequality has always been attached to the human world, the enslavement of blacks and homosexuality. Contempt, the deception of the world for personal gain, the control of disadvantaged groups, the dignity of clones, and the barbaric world where humans are cloned and the weak are preyed. Everyone encounters tangible and intangible detentions, which accomplishes the connection of the spiritual world. The Solzhenitsyn mentioned in the movie and the repeated "I will not bow to any violent crime" repeated by several groups are precisely the cries of the leftist trend of thought in this movie. Frobisher's death can kill the rumors. Xingmei's death has become the belief of later generations, the price of life, and here emphasizes the preciousness of freedom. The fifth extremely sci-fi story of the film, set by the Wachowski brothers and sisters, seems to be born out of George Orwell's dystopian story, and it also hides the hidden worries of the highly civilized "cannibalism".
The only thing that can save the world is love. People in the film are redeemed because of their love for each other, becoming the most moving force, and avoiding making the film a formalistic shell. Like "Perfume", Tom Tykway has language blind spots that he can't express, but he still uses images to present the original work to the maximum extent. The editing and makeup are enough to be superb. He created the "Cloud Picture Sixt" as a masterpiece. The main theme of the movie is the finishing touch. It is unbelievable to be ignored by Oscar. In fact, this "Cloud Atlas" constructs a three-dimensional human blueprint with its ambitious ambitions, with three coordinates, one is time that never stops, the other is eternal humanity, and the other is freedom that is beyond reach. It is not appreciated, perhaps because it is too advanced, and it seems that only time can test its value.
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