I see "Tower of Babel"
The Tower of Babel is also known as the "Tower of Babel", recorded in the 11th chapter of the "Bible", after Noah's Ark, the survivors began to multiply, and they had many Descendants... Since their ancestors were the three sons of Noah, the people spoke the same language and made the same sound. They decided to build a tower that could lead to heaven, which caused the dissatisfaction of God, who messed up the language of these arrogant people, made the emotional communication between them impeded, the culture was different, and the ideas were difficult to unify , Disagreement, suspicion and quarrel arise. Without a common language, people would not be able to work together, and the idea of seeing God would naturally be put on hold. In the end, the plan for the Tower of Babel was abandoned. What the director wanted to convey through this allusion was perfectly explained after the audience watched the movie. : Communication, understanding, all stem from these most natural emotions.
In 2006, director Agado Gonzalez Inarido gave us such an alternative but reasonable movie, the alternative is to say This kind of puzzle-like multi-line narrative structure is rare, and it makes sense because the first two works of the Mexican, "Love is a Bitch" and "21 Grams" are all of this structure, but in "Tower of Babel" >, we see that the director has brought this narrative method into full play, with 12 people, three locations, and four stories. They are only connected by an accidental event, and there is not only interaction with each other, but also these The interaction is also misplaced in time. The first half of the film is full of foreshadowing, but all the pits are filled little by little in the back, and it is inadvertently leaking. You can see that the first half is a shot from this side of a phone call, and the story on the other end of the phone is not told to you until very late, and you have already seen this story almost in the first half. It seems that you still ignore it until the end. Clear the sequence of these stories, but you are shocked because of this structure, because of what the director wants to express and the last few words "the darkest night, the brightest light".
After the movie, you may not necessarily understand every story, but there are some scenes that shake your fragile nerves, Kate. Blanchett almost drove him crazy because of his initial cleanliness, but because of his injuries, he was helpless to touch so many things that she would never touch in death, from a fragile woman who didn't touch local food and beverages and only drank imported Coke. Finally, he smoked the pipe he just took out of the old grandmother's mouth, and used the washbasin to collect the urine that he couldn't excrete normally. There were tears in her eyes all the time, and the feeling of struggle and helplessness expressed by such an elegant queen was very natural.
Brad. Pitt is undoubtedly the one who was seriously injured in the film. It is not the body, but the body and mind that is more uncomfortable than the body. It's so funny that an ambulance and a helicopter turned into a diplomatic spat over the phone, I watched his hysterical roar on the screen and wondered how much he cursed these damn terms Second-rate.
The babysitter of the two children must be the most aggrieved in the film. The son's wedding that was originally planned was not able to attend because of the death of the hostess. Later, he took the children and went back by accident. On the road of escape, in the boundless desert of Mexico, she was powerless and led two unknowing children aimlessly. She had to put down the children and find someone to help, but when she found the police and begged him to go When getting the kids back, otherwise there will be danger. The ruthless police arrested her first, and despite her heart-wrenching pleas, she had to routinely go through those bullshit procedures. When I saw this, I really wanted to jump into the screen and kick the policeman. Wonderful highlight
Some people say that this film is the director's ambition, and it is suspected of following "Crash". Indeed, the expressions of these two films are very detailed, and they are both multi-line narrative collage films. But the difference is that "Crash" is quite short and concise, the script is amazingly written, without too many selfish thoughts, but it makes people amazed by the trivial but not cluttered structure, and it is as complete as a garden composed of multiple arcs. . "Babel" is like multiple rays emanating from one point, and it bears too many emotional factors for the director. Maybe it is too big to express, but it is not so in place. This may be one of the reasons why he was not selected for this year's Oscar. one. In addition, what I want to say is that the ending of "Crash" is quite brilliant. The trivial and intertwined stories finally have a complete explanation at the end of the film, but at the end, there is another scene, and the just shuffled cards are shuffled again. , several people who had no contact before intertwined again, at this time, the theme song "In the deep" quietly remembered, the camera slowly pulled up, the tension was quite shocking, a feeling of normality penetrated into every cell , This kind of thing happens every day, but we have no idea, everyone is actually connected to each other, and the end of "Babel Tower" falls on the scene of a Japanese girl standing helplessly in a tall building and hugging her father. The camera is still Pulling back infinitely, there is not so much tension, and there is no feeling of hitting the point. At least not as strong as Crash. It can be said that "Crash" is a natural coincidence, and "Tower of Babel" has a lot of acquired taste of careful planning.
The grand theme of "Babel" is destined to have a strong sense of humanity in it. Everyone's fate seems to be a critical juncture of life and death in the eyes of the parties involved, but in another part of the world, it is only expressed as a TV show. News, basically no one cares. This subtle aftertaste will have more tasteful experience when watching the movie for the second time. Every shot of the director is carefully buried with meaningful foreshadowing and meaning. In the scene of the Japanese girl in the dance hall, the director used the alternately noisy music and complete silence to perfectly express the girl's unease and helplessness. , the world with confused lights but no sound feels so shocking.
Compared with his previous works, this movie is obviously more thoughtful, but I was not disappointed that he still brought me a long-lost touch and a long-time meditation. After watching the movie, I sat in front of the screen for a while. I waited for the subtitles to finish, for fear that the emotions that burst out of my eyes would disappear due to the pause of a detail. I think this is the success of the film, there is aftertaste, nostalgia, thinking, and anticipation.
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