We've discussed the book before
http://www.sffchronicles.com/threads/546000/
and I mentioned about enjoying the film, in that thread.
Rewatched last night and now even more impressed with it. This is a film that works even better when you watch it again - the connections between everything become much clearer.
The film seems to take the book to a whole new level - for example, in the book, the comet birth-mark seems to connect the protagonist in each story - as if it's the same person, in a different life, for each.
But in the film, the repeated use of actors in different roles, to me, works even more cleverly to depict the same people connected in different lifetimes.
Of course, I may have completely over-looked that aspect in the book, if it was there - I tend not to be very good at picking up nuances!
But the film isn't simply stunning, it's clever on so many different levels. IMO it's one of the best films over the past few years.
http://www.sffchronicles.com/threads/546000/
and I mentioned about enjoying the film, in that thread.
Rewatched last night and now even more impressed with it. This is a film that works even better when you watch it again - the connections between everything become much clearer.
The film seems to take the book to a whole new level - for example, in the book, the comet birth-mark seems to connect the protagonist in each story - as if it's the same person, in a different life, for each.
But in the film, the repeated use of actors in different roles, to me, works even more cleverly to depict the same people connected in different lifetimes.
Of course, I may have completely over-looked that aspect in the book, if it was there - I tend not to be very good at picking up nuances!
But the film isn't simply stunning, it's clever on so many different levels. IMO it's one of the best films over the past few years.
