When early in the forties a young Greek director called Elias Kazantzoglou showed up at a major Hollywood studio, the studio head (one imagines him sending cigar smoke the way of the hopeful visitor), advised him on a name change as a first step. “How about Cézanne?” the studio head asked. The director who would go down in film history as Elia Kazan demurred. “There already is a Cézanne,” he said. ... more >
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Cloud Atlas
When brave souls defy rules, often at a high cost
Tom Hanks and Halle Berry
Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski
Goths, Glimmers and Ghosts
MOVIETRACKS Episode # 4
The Time Warp by the Rocky Horror Picture Show (Rocky Horror Picture Show) 1975 Meeting Laura by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimer and Reinhold Heil (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer) 2006 Bela Lugosi’s Dead by Bauhaus (The Hunger) 1983 Burn by the Cure (The Crow) 1994 Main Theme by Johan Soderqvist (Let the Right One In) 2008 Main Theme by Trevor Jones (Into the Labyrinth) 1979 O sciore chiu felice ... more >
CLOUD Atlas
Six Degrees of Wachowski
Tom Hanks, Halle Barry and Jim Broadbent
Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lane Wachowski
“Cloud Atlas,” the latest effort from the Wachowskis, wraps a half-dozen stories, settings, and groups of characters into one film. But it doesn’t matter how many stories they do, their song remains the same. The “Matrix” helmers have hit the same point for a while now. Liberty is the freedom from illusions that are perpetrated by relationships of power. Bravery is the willingness to fight ... more >