Monday, 18 March 2013

Go See Cloud Atlas



Yesterday, Facebook informed me that it was St. Patrick’s Day (not that I didn’t remember on my own).  It was hard to tell from where I was though.  After talking to a classmate of mine today who works at Fitzpatrick’s Irish pub in downtown Montpellier, apparently things were more exciting there than in sleepy St.-Jean-de-Vedas.  I did however get some homework done and went to a matinée with my host dad and brother to see Cloud Atlas.  It was in French, but I was still able to follow it pretty well.  I highly recommend it for its unique approach to storytelling and sheer ambition.  The Wachowski siblings and Tom Tykwer created a truly unique film, which is jam-packed full of stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, and more.  The movie features six plotlines that weave in and out of each other in a truly remarkable way, connecting six very widely dispersed times and places.  Each of the stars plays several roles throughout the chronology and it is very interesting to see them crop up in each narrative. 

Today I had classes, which weren’t all bad.  I had an exam in my internship course that went well and after that the day passed well enough.  I am currently in the process of writing my radio pieces for later this week.

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