Simple. I am a cartographer of the ephemeral, an intellectual conquistador, vainly attempting to impose order over a fluid terrain...
Just kidding. It's the title of my favorite book of the past decade
Now I see that the Wachowski Brothers (famous for The Matrix and, um...Speed Racer) plan to make Cloud Atlas into a movie, which is to say they are endeavoring to diminish its beauty. They've got Tom Hanks to play a part, so that's cool.
According to another article, some other big names are also interested:
Halle Berry is apparently in talks to play Meronym, the main character in the book's post-apocalyptic story, while Natalie Portman is considering the role of Somni 451, a cloned slave.
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Don't know if that's sloppy reporting or sloppy scriptwriting, but those slips are not a great start in terms of respecting the story.
I like Natalie Portman. I mean, who doesn't? But there are more appropriate actors for the part. What's Yunjin Kim (Sun from "Lost") doing these days? I kind of pictured her as Somni when I read the novel. Just sayin'.
Just to clarify: The novel is a series of six interconnected novellas that take place in different eras from the 19th century to the far future. Each is written in the style of a different literary genre. It's quite a feat.
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