Babel: Communication and Movie
Babel (2006)
Babel is a film about communication. There are four main storylines, which involved four countries and five languages. However, the director used a rifle to link up the four stories together aptly, which makes it a coherent movie. The first storyline was about the married American couple, Richard and Susan. They travelled to Morocco, but Susan was shot during the journey. Another storyline was about the two brothers lived in Morocco, and one of them unintentionally shot Susan. The third storyline was about the Mexican woman, Amelia. She was the baby-sitter of the Richard family. And finally, the last one is about a deaf Japanese girl, Chieko. Chieko desperately want to be loved and to be cared. However, she seriously misinterpreted the way to do so.
To be more specific, the theme of this movie is not just communication. It is about communication, miscommunication and non-communication. In the 21st century, it seems that communication is much more convenient and easier than ever. But, miscommunication and non-communication still exists in reality for many reasons. This film had great illustrations of various kinds of communication, especially for miscommunication. The profoundest scene is the one when Susan is being shot, then Richard and the other tourists went to a nearby Morocco village to wait for rescue. When they arrived in the village, the Moroccan indeed would like to be very nice to them, however, the tourists just have the perceptions that Morocco is a dangerous country and all the people in the country are terrorist. The tourists just keep away from the local people and avoid having any contacts with them. In my opinion, the tourists misunderstood the local people because their perceptions were affected by the mass media and possibly their friends. In the news or films in America and even in Hong Kong, we can sometimes see various kinds of riots broke out in the Middle East countries, and many of the terrorist are came from these
Babel is a film about communication. There are four main storylines, which involved four countries and five languages. However, the director used a rifle to link up the four stories together aptly, which makes it a coherent movie. The first storyline was about the married American couple, Richard and Susan. They travelled to Morocco, but Susan was shot during the journey. Another storyline was about the two brothers lived in Morocco, and one of them unintentionally shot Susan. The third storyline was about the Mexican woman, Amelia. She was the baby-sitter of the Richard family. And finally, the last one is about a deaf Japanese girl, Chieko. Chieko desperately want to be loved and to be cared. However, she seriously misinterpreted the way to do so.
To be more specific, the theme of this movie is not just communication. It is about communication, miscommunication and non-communication. In the 21st century, it seems that communication is much more convenient and easier than ever. But, miscommunication and non-communication still exists in reality for many reasons. This film had great illustrations of various kinds of communication, especially for miscommunication. The profoundest scene is the one when Susan is being shot, then Richard and the other tourists went to a nearby Morocco village to wait for rescue. When they arrived in the village, the Moroccan indeed would like to be very nice to them, however, the tourists just have the perceptions that Morocco is a dangerous country and all the people in the country are terrorist. The tourists just keep away from the local people and avoid having any contacts with them. In my opinion, the tourists misunderstood the local people because their perceptions were affected by the mass media and possibly their friends. In the news or films in America and even in Hong Kong, we can sometimes see various kinds of riots broke out in the Middle East countries, and many of the terrorist are came from these