Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Babel

Four stories in one could tend to get confusing but director Alejandro González Iñárritu interconnects them all in such a way that you don't even realize they are going to be connected. An American couple travelling in Morocco, an illegal Mexican immigrant caring for their two children, A pair of Moroccan brothers and a Japanese student all end up having their lives entertwined without all meeting each other. It brings up the concepts of "Six Degrees of Separation" and "Pay It Forward". We are all living our own lives and making our own choices but they end up affecting far more people than just our known family and friends. Thumbs up---after I think about, I recommend it.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Like the movie - a bit long - acting was good - with four stories going on, you wonder whats the connection, but as the movie goes on you catch on. How one person can affect another in the world.