The broad philosophical topics in Cloud Atlas create an interesting experience that will entice the audience to watch or read it over and over to understand a little more each time. It’s great to analyse and one of my favourites!
Some topics (to my limited knowledge) are:
- Inter-dependence and social contract theories (perhaps Thomas Hobbes’s “Leviathon”) from quote: “Our lives are not our own, we are bound to others, past and present and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future”.
- Slavery
- Ethics: Treating others of a different background
- Re-incarnation
View more details from the links below.
This article is great for further reading on the story and philosophy
Consciousness News 