Cloudstreet

I hate this crap. It makes me feel dead inside.

Same era with magic realism. A slow burner give it a chance!

Cloudstreet was surprisingly a brilliant TV-Series and adaptation of the novel by Tim Winton, spanned to 6 episodes. The director managed to explore the theme of magical realism that was in the novel, and the cinematography was amazing.

The only miniseries that compares with this one in the sweep of its story and the quality of the acting and production is Brideshead Revisited. This is the story of two, dirt-poor, tragedy-scarred Australian families in the 40s and 50s - and of the large house near Perth that they share.

A complex novel, Cloudstreet was always going to be difficult to film, not only because of the number of characters within this book, the time span of 2 decades but also for the spiritual/metaphysical nature within the characters/plot.This series was a brave attempt to film this adaptation which was co-written by Tim Winton.

I have really enjoyed the visual translation of this wonderful Tim Winton epic story.

I was lucky enough to get the whole 6 episodes of this movie. I agree with the first reviewer that the first episode is a little confusing.

This is my first review, and I'm not sure if this will count as review, or just long comment. I loved every minute.