BABEL

A morrocan Child, trying to prove his manliness to his brother aims a rifle a an American Tour bus and off goes the story of Babel. A very heavy film from director Alejandro González Iñárritu. (21 Grams, Amores Perros) Known for very heavy movies with multiple stories that interlock somehow. I could go on about how good this film is or i could just tell you to watch it. So there. Go watch it.

An interesting point I discovered is that Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men) and Guillermo del Toro (Pans Labyrinth) made these films in succession as a sort of series. I plan on looking into this and figuring out what these films have in common besides being directed by Spanish directors. Labyrinth obviously takes place in the past, Babel; the present and Children of Men, the future. Each film deals somewhat with escapism and war time. Thje outcome of our modern lives and how we affect each other, how the past has effected the present and how the present may effect the future. Babel is a great film but like i said, it is very heavy and intense. One of the storylines takes place in Tokyo and follows an attractive deaf girl as she deals with her insecurities and the death of her mother. This is the least heavy (i keep using the word 'heavy.' is there a problem with the gravitational pull in the future?) storyline but nonetheless, still pretty damn heavy. (forgive me)
So many good films to see. Inarritu's films have always been good and Babel is no different. My favorite is still Amores Perros. Babel, like Crash, deals with race not so much on the screen but in the minds of the audience and how we percieve vastly different cultures and our fears of these cultures clashing even if our intentions are innocent.