After more than two hours of filming, I stopped no less than ten times. I stumbled and watched it. It was a little depressing. There were many things worth thinking about. At the end, it came to the surface. Some people saw the family, saw the language, saw the relationship between the police and the people, and I saw sacrifice.
Some superficially indifferent and antagonistic relationships contain a lot of inseparable family affection, willing to sacrifice their lives, I cried when the younger son raised his hands and surrendered to the police, a teenage boy who lived to survive, peeping at the bodies of sisters , jerking off on a rock, a rough life like a rock, killing the brother who will always educate his brother, the forced situation, the forced ending, the depression and sadness; maybe there is some resistance to Japanese girls, Not much moved by her lying to the police and stripping herself, but she was equally willing to sacrifice to protect her father.
Pete's wife is nervous and hostile, which is annoying. Pete actually seems to be a little ambiguous. On the one hand, he is very principled to the maid, and his tone is very hard. In the end, he does not sue the maid. Maybe he has experienced his wife's life and death. The catastrophe made him understand tolerance? The Mexican maids are kind, but the scene of killing chickens is cruel. The Mexicans are described as enthusiastic and wild, but they appear helpless and helpless when they are reprimanded by the American police.
Just read about media culture, politics and ideology. If you want to analyze, this movie is also a good model. It was made by Americans. We can't expect it to have an objective angle. We chose Morocco, Mexico, Japan, The four families in the United States, the police of the four countries (official), developed countries, underdeveloped countries, underdeveloped countries, capitalism... So many concepts make this movie somewhat complicated.
Crisis or contradiction exists in every place. In underdeveloped countries, survival is the main contradiction. Food and drink, men and women, basic needs of life, need a gun to protect the flock, fight against nature, and children also need to look at women's bodies and fight. Aircraft, survival is hard.
Mexico has a slightly better economic situation than Morocco. People can drink, dance, and be unrestrained, but more people still choose to work in the United States. Although it is illegal, it cannot stop them from yearning for a better life. The contradiction here is no longer survival. , but for development.
Japan, the economy is better. The high-speed economy can be seen from the lens of high-rise buildings and high-speed bridges. However, the rapid development of the economy, the dense crowd, and people's inner confusion and contradictions have become the main crisis. This may be the My own seer, or the seers of many Americans, so they photographed the Japanese daughter as deaf and mute, depressed, unable to release, violent behavior, her body longing to bloom, but she didn't seem to Such an opportunity, she was betrayed, she lost her mother, and psychological problems are the main contradictions in this place.
The United States, since the film is made by Americans, they are more able to reflect on their own hearts. They are proud, and they have principles and even contempt for the people of the less developed countries, but they are also fearful, and their consciousness is everywhere. They are all terrorists, violent, brutish Mexicans, too fierce resistance comes from inner fear, probably many Americans have a catatonia like Pitt's wife. The country is tense and fearful.
The reason why the Tower of Babel was named Many people have said that the human language barrier built the Tower of Babel, but in this movie, the country's economic development has become a barrier that hinders people's communication more than the language barrier, and the Babel Tower is the global The process of transformation is an ideal that can be achieved by coexistence and co-prosperity under the same opportunities for common development.
However, American policy and mainstream ideology are not very willing to tolerate such thinking. Therefore, the Tower of Babel and the Oscar for the best picture missed out, but in the minds of many people, this is still an excellent film and a film worth thinking about.
At the same time, it is undeniable that the film is not very objective, and it can only reproduce the prescient impressions still in their minds, and these impressions may further strengthen the American perception of other countries that are poor, rough, and chaotic. impression, will they see their own ridiculous fear? Will you see the love and sacrifice that the world sympathizes with? unknown.
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