#cloudatlas

I'd much rather see an ambitious film than a safe one. If it doesn't all work, Cloud Atlas takes so many risks you have to admire it.

The film is divided into many storylines with key actors playing multiple roles. In one story, Tom Hanks might be a kind reporter, in another a sleazy, money-grubbing apothecary. Hugo Weaving plays a woman overseeing a nursing home and later, a demonic force in a post-apocalyptic future. Halle Berry is seen as a journalist in 1973, an Asian scientist, and an Indian party guest. Everyone plays different genders, ages, and ethnicities in a tale that explores how people’s actions in the past affect those of the future.

Directors Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Lilly Wachowski have made a lot of bold moves with this picture. First, it follows dozens of characters and storylines that aren't connected in obvious ways. A book or movie mentioned in one story might be referenced as inspiration for the actions of another character. Blink and often, you’ll miss it. Next, the idea of reincarnation (a complex one) is made visual by having actors and actresses play multiple roles. Often it’s very convincing thanks to extensive makeup. You won't even realize this person played that certain background role until you read the end credits. There are also times when it isn’t quite seamless (It appears to be much easier to make a white person look like they’re from Seoul than a black woman appear white) but I applaud the effort. One of the best stories is set in a post-disaster, post-apocalyptic world. It's clear the language they speak evolved from English so you can catch bits and pieces of what they’re saying and get a sense of what’s going on, but there are no subtitles and no one "translates" for you.

Cloud Atlas is more than a technical curiosity or an experiment. It's a series of compelling stories. Each could’ve been its own movie. Put together like this, they make a symphony that's a joy to make sense of. This is a thinking person’s movie. The way these stories are connected is not obvious. The way they’ll conclude is not predictable and, in some cases do not end happily ever after. It’s long, but that running time allows you to immerse yourself in the story. By the time you get to the end, you’ve forgotten what was at the very beginning, making it feel like a circle of birth and rebirth that needs to be seen multiple times to be truly understood.

I can’t wait to see what filmmakers and storytellers Cloud Atlas will inspire in 15 or 20 years. Who will be inspired by the brave choices in Cloud Atlas, what ideas and techniques will they make their own? It’s a bit uneven. The tone between the retirement home story varies so much from the horrors of future Seoul that you'll suffer from whiplash. If you’re a fan of cinema or just want to see something different, you owe it to yourself to check it out. Even if it ultimately isn’t the type of film you fall in love with, you’ll hold Cloud Atlas close to your heart for the way it goes all-out. (Theatrical version on DVD, February 3, 2017)

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Offer #333 - CloudAtlas

Organizations this auction benefits: Bidder's choice of any of the

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Type of fanwork: Fic

Fandom(s): Any

Ratings: General audiences, Teen, Mature, Explicit

Length/scope: Up to 5k words.

Especially interested in: AUs, fantasy, female friendship, magical realism, competency porn, banter and snark, relationship negotiation, friends to lovers, cameos, pining, UST; Clint/Nat, Clint/Nat/Bucky, (these are my main pairings and I don't really write outside of them all that much so please keep that in mind)

Unwilling to address: non-con, a/b/o, marriage, children/kidfic, character bashing, incest, abuse, Coulson, Loki

Open to working with others (sensitivity reader, translator, etc): Yes

Notes: TI primarily write Clint/Nat and Clint/Nat/Bucky so please keep that in mind when bidding. I'm not the person to write you that Nat/Val fic you want, or that Nat/Steve one, or whatever. I can do Nat/Bucky at a pinch though. :)

Contact language: English

Open to contact with translation: Yes

Natasha steps out into the dark and immediately shivers. She should have brought her shawl with her but she doesn’t want to go back, not now she’s here. It’s quiet outside, the hubbub of the party locked behind walls and doors and heavy stage curtains behind her, and she takes a moment to revel in the lack of sound, taking a deep breath of cool night air and letting it out slowly. Then she walks towards the balustrade, her heels clicking against the marble flooring, and leans out into the dark. “Shit, Barnes,” comes an amused voice away to her right, “we’re rumbled.” Natasha whirls in surprise to find – of course – Clint and James standing in a pool of light spilling across the balcony from inside.

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CloudAtlas’s Auction #1

Type of fanwork: fic Pairings: Clint Barton/James "Bucky" Barnes, Clint Barton/James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton & Kate Bishop, other pairings potentially negotiable Rating(s): G, Teen, Mature, Explicit Length/size: up to 5k words, 5-10k words, 10-20k Especially interested in: Alternate Universe, Friendship, Polyamory Will not: Non-con, kid fic, marriage proposals, extreme kink, canon compliance past Black Panther, Clint/Laura Notes: I am @cloud--atlas on tumblr and franztastisch on LJ/DW

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CloudAtlas’s Auction #2

Type of fanwork: fan labour: Beta-ing, Culture-picking (Can Brit-pick if required) Pairings: Clint Barton/James "Bucky" Barnes, Clint Barton/James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov, other pairings probably negotiable Rating(s): G, Teen, Mature, Explicit Length/size: up to 5K words, 5-10K, 10-20K, 20-50K Especially interested in: Alternate Universe, Polyamory, Friendship Will not: Non-con, extreme kink, Clint/Coulson, Clint/Loki, Clint/Darcy Notes: Full beta with an option for Brit-picking if required.

I'm @cloud--atlas on tumblr and franztastisch on DW/LJ

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“I know separation is an illusion”

“From womb to tomb, we’re bound to others. Past and present.”

“For the first time of my life, I was allowed to see who I was, and who I might become.”

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