Every once in a while I see a film which won't let go of me.
Babel, a film by the young and serious Mexican writer and director, Alejandro González Iñárritu continues to play in my mind. Inarritu has directed two of my favorite films Amores Perros and 21 Grams. All three of these films have no nonsense themes with multiple story lines all, which reveal a connection as the film plays itself.
In Babel, you get four stories, a young seemingly depressed teen and her dad in Tokyo, a Mexican nanny and housekeeper living in San Diego needing to attend her son's wedding in Mexico, young brothers minding a herd of sheep in Morocco and an American couple traveling through northern Africa.
The film rotates between each storyline, all very intense, emotional and at times hard to watch. You will not be entertained by this film but for those interested in being encompassed with how serious events in different parts of this shrinking world can be miss-communicated based on individual perspectives, Babel is a film to see.
You may walk out of the theater drained and exhausted but you will gain another important aspect of life for people outside our borders.
Babel, a film by the young and serious Mexican writer and director, Alejandro González Iñárritu continues to play in my mind. Inarritu has directed two of my favorite films Amores Perros and 21 Grams. All three of these films have no nonsense themes with multiple story lines all, which reveal a connection as the film plays itself.
In Babel, you get four stories, a young seemingly depressed teen and her dad in Tokyo, a Mexican nanny and housekeeper living in San Diego needing to attend her son's wedding in Mexico, young brothers minding a herd of sheep in Morocco and an American couple traveling through northern Africa.
The film rotates between each storyline, all very intense, emotional and at times hard to watch. You will not be entertained by this film but for those interested in being encompassed with how serious events in different parts of this shrinking world can be miss-communicated based on individual perspectives, Babel is a film to see.
You may walk out of the theater drained and exhausted but you will gain another important aspect of life for people outside our borders.