#541 - Babel

Babel is a drama that connects four completely different stories together across the world. The film is really cool and specifically it does some interesting things with the audio throughout the film. The reason why is that one of our central characters is a deaf-mute girl from Japan. The director and audio mixer seemed to have added in the fact that we should get a chance to hear from her perspective. They seem to use this a lot throughout the film and it makes the film into more auteuristic, may not be a word but it is now. My only complaints seem to be that we do not learn of two of the connections until very late into the film and it would have been nice for me to know that earlier but it was okay and I understand what they were doing. The acting is superb and it is nice that unlike all films with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett they don't overuse the actors at all. it is nice to see a selection of lesser known actors in the major roles. I give the film 4.5/5 stars.