Film Review of the Tower of Babel [Review of the Tower of Babel]

When I first saw the Tower of Babel, I only knew that it had won many awards, but I didn't understand its contents. I felt very depressed or tangled, and it seemed that the end of the story was not clear, so I felt even more confused about what I was talking about. The most impressive thing was that it was a film that ran through several countries and spanned a vast area.

When I saw it for the second time, I had a very calm mind. I understand what kind of story this film is telling and what kind of relationship between people and races. I find that the film has a lot to watch, whether it is the image of the film, the soundtrack or the narrative story. It can be said that the picture from beginning to end gives people a provocative and turbulent young taste, which is quite beautiful and aesthetic. What makes people remember deeply is the picture of Japanese deaf-mute girls in the ballroom. The scene scheduling, lens cutting and soundtrack of this place are particularly good. The lens is a close-up of Chieko and crazy men and women in the disco. When the lens is aimed at these people, the excited electronic music suddenly rings, but when the lens is aimed at Chieko, when she looks at the world from her perspective, the music stops abruptly and quietly. It turns out that her world has only shaking audio and video. This silent scene has appeared six times, and with the bizarre lighting, it strongly shows the pain and contradiction of Chieko who is self-enclosed but eager to communicate with rain people. The impressive pictures in the film include the wedding scene of a desert loner and a nanny's son at the beginning, which is exotic or has some sad feelings. At the end of the film, the father and daughter embraced on the balcony of the modern metropolis, and a long shot pulled the vision into the distance. In the story, I felt that it was very similar to a literary film.

I watched the Babel again. I had a clearer idea of the various images, lens switching, soundtrack, story line and what I wanted to convey in the film. It is worth mentioning that the director and editor of the film are absolutely geniuses. They link different story shots as naturally as walking, and the switching between Morocco, Mexico and Japan gives people an inexplicable connection between them. Until the Mexican nanny Amelia walked with her two young masters in the desert on the Mexican border, her red clothes jumped particularly in the desert, so she thought that this color would be emphasized in any shot. For example, in the color of the Japanese ballroom, it is not difficult to see that the film shows a coordinated color from the perspective of people's clothing and lens as a whole: red. Another prominent part of the editing is the scene in which the American couple's son Mike answers the phone in front of the film and the American hero calls at the end of the film. It seems as if the film is misplaced and everything starts over. However, understanding it will give people a feeling of sudden realization. The soundtrack of the film has the effect of lyricism and rendering the atmosphere in the film. It expresses the feelings that the characters can't express in words with music. The outstanding performance is in the wedding scene in Mexico. In a cheerful, noisy and messy picture, beautiful, lively, enthusiastic and unrestrained tunes are played, expressing people's happiness, happiness and people's bold and enthusiastic personality. The storyline is generally good. It is the story of American couples and children in the story that is somewhat far-fetched. In a film linked by a clue, some coincidences are inevitable, but when a family separated from the two places encounters such unfortunate things at the same time, it feels a bit fake. Maybe this is deliberately arranged by the director, because the biggest revelation of this story is to show the misunderstanding and unfair treatment of Mexican immigrants by American power institutions, but when it is known that the director is a Mexican, That's easy to understand.

The film mainly talks about a kind of connection between people, emphasizing that there are differences between people no matter what, and often this difference will not change at all for some reasons, but will develop in a worse direction. The communication called for can only be an appeal, and it is impossible to achieve equality. The overall feeling of the film is a kind of emotional expression of depression, anxiety and uneasiness.