CLOUD ATLAS October 26 » Forget about Anna Karenina. Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski siblings, Lana and Andy, are tackling the most daunting of film adaptations. David Mitchell's brilliant 2004 novel spans several centuries and consists of six separate stories set in different eras, from 1850 to a distant dystopic future. All but the central story stops in the middle, interrupted by the next story, and then resumes the rest of the narrative in the second half of the book. Got that? Piece of cake for the combined minds behind Run Lola Run and The Matrix.
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