Cloud Atlas Trivia

I'm continuing to write about this movie because this project took four years and it had a lot on-and-off moments due to financial reasons.

Here's what you might find interesting:

• at a press conference for the world premiere of the movie, Lana Wachowski, co-director, openly talked about her transsexuality; consider the fact that the movie is about overcoming boundaries
• it is one of the most expensive independent films of all time (from independent sources the budget reached $102 million)
• the most expensive German-produced film to date
• at the premiere it received a 10-minute standing ovation!
• Tom Tykwer, the co-director, also composed the Original Soundtrack
• the OST was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
• it is one of the few films in history that has three directors working together as an original team who equally share directing credit. 
• Luisa Rey's apartment number is 451, a connection to Somni-451. Both characters take enormous risks to fight injustice. 
• the number 451 comes from a classic science fiction novel "Fahrenheit 451"; it denotes a temperature needed to burn books.

 Knowing stories behind the curtains makes you appreciate the movie even more, isn't it?