Despite their enormous successes, the Wachowskis are known for being among the more press-shy filmmakers in Hollywood. But for their latest opus, the sprawling, soul-stirring Cloud Atlas (co-directed with Tom Tykwer), the duo have blazed a trail talking up their ambitious passion project — partly, as Lana Wachowski explains, because of the film?s deeply personal connection to her own recent transformation.
The film, adapted from David Mitchell's novel, tells six interconnected nested stories across the span of hundreds of years, following the same souls evolving through multiple lifetimes. The cast, including Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, Jim Broadbent, Ben Whishaw, James D'Arcy, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, and Doona Bae, play multiple parts often under make-up and prosthetics in the gender- and race-bending ensemble.
[GALLERY: First images from sci-fi opus Cloud Atlas]
Lana Wachowski, a bubbly and luminous presence on the Cloud Atlas press tour with her bright pink dreads and beaming smile, spoke of the privacy she and brother Andy fought for years to protect — and why it was important to trade that veil now, with the world watching.
?Anonymity enables you to inhabit civic space, and that way of being in the world is very important to us,? said Lana over the weekend in Beverly Hills. ?We like the access that anonymity gives you to the world. As soon as you give it up, you give up a part of your human experience, your humanity.?
The decision to peel back the curtain for the first time in 13 years was a tough one, but co-director Tykwer's experience with press was encouraging and Lana?s opportunity to raise awareness for and give voice to…
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