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Babel [DVD]

Brad Pitt (Actor), Cate Blanchett (Actor), Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Director) Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over Format: DVD
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Contributor Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Runtime 2 hours and 18 minutes
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Interweaving stories set in Morocco, Tunisia, Mexico and Japan. The story begins with a tragedy striking a married couple on vacati on.

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Brilliantly conceived, superbly directed, and beautifully acted, Babel is inarguably one of the best films of 2006. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu and his co-writer, Guillermo Arriaga (the two also collaborated on Amores Perros and 21 Grams) weave together the disparate strands of their story into a finely hewn fabric by focusing on what appear to be several equally incongruent characters: an American (Brad Pitt) touring Morocco with his wife (Cate Blanchett) become the focus of an international incident also involving a hardscrabble Moroccan farmer (Mustapha Rachidi) struggling to keep his two young sons in line and his family together. A San Diego nanny (Adriana Barraza), her employers absent, makes the disastrous decision to take their kids with her to a wedding in Mexico. And a deaf-mute Japanese teen (the extraordinary Rinko Kikuchi) deals with a relationship with her father (Koji Yakusho) and the world in general that's been upended by the death of her mother. It is perhaps not surprising, or particularly original, that a gun is the device that ties these people together. Yet Babel isn't merely about violence and its tragic consequences. It's about communication, and especially the lack of it--both intercultural, raising issues like terrorism and immigration, and intracultural, as basic as husbands talking to their wives and parents understanding their children. Iñárritu's command of his medium, sound and visual alike, is extraordinary; the camera work is by turns kinetic and restrained, the music always well matched to the scenes, the editing deft but not confusing, and the film (which clocks in at a lengthy 143 minutes) is filled with indelible moments. Many of those moments are also pretty stark and grim, and no will claim that all of this leads to a "happy" ending, but there is a sense of reconciliation, perhaps even resolution. "If You Want to be Understood... Listen," goes the tagline. And if you want a movie that will leave you thinking, Babel is it. --Sam Graham

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.5 x 1.5 x 19 cm; 1 g
  • Manufacturer reference ‏ : ‎ 5014437918239
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ PAL
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 18 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ 21 May 2007
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Paramount Home Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000M8MW6A
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • Mr. Rwj Nixon
    5.0 out of 5 stars if you want to be moved...watch this film
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 August 2007
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    Alejandro Gonzalez Innarritu is a director who must be obsessed with the number three. In his directorial debut he gave us the triple plot strand of Amores Perros, showing the fallout surrounding a particularly brutal car crash, and followed it up with 21 Grams, the triple plot strand that shows the effect of death on three people. Now, with Babel, it is almost as if he has completed his trilogy focussing on three, being another triple plot line involving the events that lead up to and follow a tragic accident.
    Concerning itself with the accidental shooting of American tourist Susan (Cate Blanchett) in Morocco, Innarritu and writer Guillermo Arriaga have given us yet another movie that deals with human relationships by demonstrating that even the most unlikely event can link people. Susan and husband Richard (Brad Pitt) are suffering marital difficulties and have come to Morocco to re-connect, but seem to be doing anything but, so it is only when Susan is shot that they both realise what they have. Meanwhile, their children remain blissfully unaware what has happened to their mother and are being looked after by their Mexican nanny Amelia (a great performance by Adrianna Barraza). Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond everyones control, Amelia is not going to be able to attend her own sons wedding in Mexico, so in a decision that you know is going to come back to haunt her, she takes the kids with her, a decision that will have dire consequences for all involved. And in Japan, the daughter of the man who originally owned the rifle used in the shooting Chieko (a deeply deeply affecting turn by Rinko Kikuchi) is coming to terms with her mothers death, her estrangement from her father and her own deafness. The single shot that links all these individuals is the focus of this deep and ultimately very moving film.
    This is a film that looks deep into the heart of the human condition and ultimately decides that no matter what we might think, we are all flawed in some way. Dealing with cultural divides, whether they be wealth (contrast the tourists with the Moroccans), ideological (again, the tourists undisguised fear when they wind up in a strange village as Pitt desperately tries to find some help for his badly injured wife), social (Chieko's anger when a boy she likes doesn't want to talk to her after he realises she is deaf, eliciting the line "they think we are some kind of monsters" to her friend) or racial (the American border guards treatment of Amelia), the film is a plea for tolerance and understanding, with some moments of genuine warmth (in particular the role played by Anwar (Mohammed Akhzan), a tour guide on the bus that Richard and Susan are on and the only person who really helps him, wanting nothing in return). The acting is uniformly excellent, with Pitt and Blanchett managing to elicit some very tender scenes from the most awful conditions, and Gael Garcia Bernal as Santiago, Amelia's nephew is his usual excellent self. But if the acting plaudits must go to anyone, it should be Rinko Kikuchi as Chieko, a girl who is so desperately unhappy that she can no longer deal with the world around her.
    The triple plot line is deftly handled (wouldn't expect anything less), and whilst the narrative jumps back and forth in time, thereby demanding a commitment from the viewer, it is not hard to follow and is a rewarding experience because of the attention you are forced to give to the film. Coupled with some of the most beautifull cinematography I have ever seen (the night shots of the Chieko's home city, the breathtakingly beautiful shot of a helicopter coming in to land) and some genuine insights into what makes us human (the final scene between Richard and Anwar is moving because no words are spoken or needed), this is not a film that will leave you with a "happy" ending, but it will leave you with the feeling that the characters have reached an understanding, both with each other and with themselves.
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  • Richard
    5.0 out of 5 stars An old favourite in high-def
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 June 2014
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    I've always loved this film, and in high-def it works just as well, with the extra edge that extra clarity can bring. The film itself, with its multiple and non-chronological timelines that are all interlinked, is exemplary storytelling, and the overarching premise of humanity's confusion in the face of so many languages and cultures is likewise well portrayed. The story begins with a gift from a wealthy man to a poor man on another continent that in turn cuts into the lives of people from a third place that then has ramifications (deportation) for a person from a fourth culture.

    The apparently "random" sequencing is anything but, and the storytelling succeeds because in your efforts to sequence the events "correctly" and figure out cause and effect, you are building the narrative for yourself and in doing so, you get the insights that the director was after all along. Eminently re-watchable on so many levels, this film succeeds across the board, getting into the cultures it touches (not just national, but child/teen culture and rich & poor alike) in a meaningful way and making the characters all gloriously vulnerable and real. Even the couple holidaying to rebuild their relationship in the aftermath of a child's death - screened by their Western ideas of appearances, conceits, and vanities, become vulnerable and human (again) with oddly tender moments and a sense of the rebuilding that adversity can bring.

    What got to me most was that all the protagonists are in some way good, even if they do things that are wrong (or illegal) - I could see why they arranged their lives in the way they did and the necessities they were driven by and the compulsions they were responding to. I've always felt a tie to films such as this (and The Mission) where terrible things happen but the conscience (even of the darker characters) is a common thread. I keep mentioning "human" because this is to me an intensely human film, and it is a story I'm glad I was told. Always liked it, always will.

    I also liked the political aspect of the ending, where "the media" and "the politicians" get involved to twist (and in some cases delay) the events that have unfolded to suit their own ends - wonderfully underplayed and thus not moralising or preaching - which sets the seal on why we sometimes find the world so hard to understand.

    The Blu-Ray version is generally good, although in some interiors later in the film there is a graininess that caught me by surprise after the clarity thus far. The overall greatness of the storytelling overrides technical concerns so far as I'm concerned - and it may even be that the treatment of these interiors was intentional, since by this time the film is re-entring the so-called "real world" that seems by all accounts to look at the world through a distorted and compromised lens. Inarritu's lens is thankfully clear.
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  • Matthew Haynes
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good, solid, original
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 June 2007
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    I had no idea about this film and rented it on the basis that it had Brad Pitt in it so it couldn't be half bad (yes I have seen Seven Years in Tibet!). After about twenty minutes I realised it was going to be one of those films where it follows three or four different stories that end up connected and settled back for the duration.

    One story is of a goat herder who has two sons and a daughter. He leaves his sons with a rifle to protect the goats. Another is of a young American couple away from their kids trying to recover from a cot death, also in Morocco. The next is the story of the kids they left behind with their Mexican nanny who has to go to her son's wedding across the border. Finally we have the story which seems the most unconnected - that of a Japanese school girl struggling with being deaf-mute adolescent with a mother who comitted suicide.

    I am a big fan of Japanese film but it is this last story which seemed the most irrelevant and I wondered at times whether it was necessary. Perhaps the writer had an idea for another film but not enough of one to get funding so he tried to dove-tail it in to this film with one connection which I find a bit tenious.

    Not wanting to give anything away I will leave the explanation of the plot to others. If you like 'Traffic' or 'Magnolia' and have the patience to let films build up over time then you will like this. There's not much in the way of action but it does give the grey matter a bit of an exercise. There's no mystery as such but it is quite thought provoking and most of all gives a good insight into different cultures and ways-of-life around the globe, although how stereotyped some of this is open to debate.
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  • Danilo Di Giuseppe
    4.0 out of 5 stars Un film da vedere
    Reviewed in Italy on 24 April 2014
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    La storia di un fucile stravolge la vita di molte persone, che direttamente o indirettamente, in trè luoghi tra loro molto lontani della Terra, vengono coinvolti dallo spàro di quel fucile. Il regista ci conduce in trè luoghi della Terra molto lontani tra di loro, il Marocco dove il fucile spara, il Giappone dove vive il primo propretario del fulcile ed il Messico dove la storia si snoda di riflesso. L'intreccio degli avvenimenti, che incidono profondamente nelle vite delle persone coinvolte, è accompagnato da una descrizione molto reale delle condizioni di vita nei Paesi dove le persone vivono ed il vuoto esistenziale che accompagna ormai il genere umano, in ogni luogo e in ogni condizione sociale. Una grande regia, una splendida storia recitata al meglio da tutti gli attori, specialmente da quelli meno famosi a livello internazionale.
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  • lando pieragostini
    5.0 out of 5 stars SPLENDIDO FILM, OTTIMO COFANETTO
    Reviewed in Italy on 30 December 2012
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    Il film è assolutamente uno dei capolavori del cinema contemporaneo. Sceneggiatura eccellente, regista eccezionale, attori ottimi. I contenuti speciali sono esaustivi e piacevoli. Consigliato al 100%.
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  • Client d'Amazon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dvd non traduit en français
    Reviewed in France on 10 August 2024
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    Suite à une erreur de ma part le film est bien traduit en français très bonne qualitée d'image et le son est parfait et aussi pas cher à l'achat je conseille fortement de prendre des dvd les yeux fermés à ce vendeur je met la note de 5 .Babel est un vraix chef d'oeuvre un bon moment assuré
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  • Ilaria
    4.0 out of 5 stars i
    Reviewed in Italy on 10 February 2013
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    il prodotto mi è piaciuto molto, la consegna è stata rapida ed il pacco è arrivato integro. il fatto di non pagare le spese di spedizione è sicuramente un plus.
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  • Todd
    5.0 out of 5 stars Engrossing, takes many creative risks, anti-gun
    Reviewed in the United States on 19 March 2007
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    I'll get the negative stuff out of the way up front: This movie has an underlying liberal agenda. The movie teaches you that GUNS ARE BAD, that people in Afghanistan are not terrorists, that USA politicians are unreliable wishy-washy attention grabbers, and that everyone involved in law enforcement is a bad guy prone to hyperactive violence inflicted on poor, innocent, unarmed poor people.

    Well, OK, maybe the USA politicians idea is universally accepted as true, but I wouldn't doubt it was being aimed at the current Administration, which is kind of annoying.

    With that out of the way, I would highly recommend that any mature, thinking, film-loving adult see Babel. It is an amazing work of creativity, especially in how it slowly reveals the interconnections that span the globe. At first it is difficult to see any connection between various story lines, and it is at first a bit jarring to have the action completely switch gears and players.

    However, that feeling of being wrenched from one situation to another begins to change to awe, as you start to sense the intelligence and craftiness that went into the construction of the characters, plot points, and editing.

    I must say that the storyline involving the Japanese girl was the most intriguing and eye-opening, and the actress playing the girl is perhaps one of the most brave I have seen. The scene in the disco near the end of her story thread was just amazing and emotionally engaging.

    On the topic of Brad Pitt, I thoroughly enjoy his performances -- always -- and I think he's one of the best actors working today. There are probably a lot of people who will disagree with me and say that he's just there for his looks, but ever since I saw him years ago in Legends of the Fall I have been impressed by his performances. That being said, I think he may not be the best actor for this role. I can't put a finger on it, but my gut says he's the one who is most mis-cast -- but ever so slightly.

    Overall, my strong recommendation to see this movie is only extended to those who are not distracted or put-off by mature subjects and nudity. You must be able to keep an open mind when you see events being portrayed in an anti-law enforcement perspective. Also, if you are unable to ignore the strong anti-gun undercurrent, then you probably won't enjoy it as much.

    Myself, when I watch a movie I tend to immerse myself in the story without weighing each point against my own belief system, so I can experience it the way the director intended, even though I may have strong disagreements with Hollywood writers and their social agendas. The only time I can remember finding myself unable to stay immersed in the story was in the movie, "Bridge to Terabithia," with the little 7-year-old kid saying the Bible said the other kid was "going straight to Hell", but fortunately there was nothing in Babel that was quite so outrageous that took me out of it.
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