True True

We skipped work yesterday afternoon and went to see Cloud Atlas, which just opened at Canal Place. I read David Mitchell’s book three summers ago in Spain and was taken on a wild and delightful odyssey. The movie is worth a look, albeit I do agree with the NYT review that it too tightly controlled the message.

And what is the message – that we are all interconnected by truth. And I’d like to actually sit through that movie and count the times that truth and honesty came up in the dialogue. Even Tom Hanks’ use of “true true” would up the ante.

Not that truth is something that is not very present in my mind with my overarching desire to strip away from my own being any falsehoods that don’t represent me or my true self and to live my life in truth. However, I got the feeling during watching Cloud Atlas that truth was being hammered on top of my bald head over and over.

I still highly recommend the movie – I think it is an incredible feat that these directors and writers and especially the editor were able to tell this tale(s) made for a long novel into a cinematic tour de force.

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