BABEL Movie 2006

Introduction

Stereotypes are said to be as old as the human culture. Stereotypes are said to be generalizations or can be termed as assumptions that an individual tends to make about the characteristics of a certain caste, creed or religion and due to the Halo effect they tend to perceive all individuals the same way. Stereotyping was also visible in the movie Babel. There were many instances where stereotyping was apparent. Stereotyping was shown against the residents of Mexicans, Moroccans, Americans and Japanese. Babel has tried representing the Arabs as simple human beings who like every other human has common problems and identifiable worrisome situations however on the contrary they have also highlighted the extent to which the Arabs are stereotyped especially after the incident of the 9/11 twin tower attacks. Babel has fostered such approach and it clearly depicts the intensity with which the Muslims are stereotyped. The film attempts to exhibit stereotyping by providing a reality based depiction of Muslims through focusing on the lifestyles of likeable Arab characters. Babel has made use of aesthetics such as the camera angles, framing and sounds that highlights the subjectivity and the identification of the cliché characteristics of the Arab characters (Steele, p.613).

This report discusses the movie called Babel which was released in 2006. Babel tackles with various topics which is very closer to the reality we live in. Babel is themed upon the concept of globalization and can be source of citizenship education. Babel highlights new humanism, interpersonal relationship and the awareness of communication problems, prejudices and cultural approaches arising from technological development. The film challenges the existence in an interconnected global world, evoking the old biblical myth of Tower of Babel with emphasis on misidentifications, misunderstandings and missed opportunities, like invisible hands that guide us; or destined to escape us. The film highlights places such as United States, Mexico, Morocco and Japan. The four countries represent different cultural styles, three forms of embodiment of man that is via witnessing the crash, the isolation, and isolation to the difference of culture along with fictional technological proximity. The Premise of movie which the moviemaker tried to convey was that although we live together, yet we are isolated from each other.

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The film Babel is said to be shot in four locales and the events that are depicted on those four locales in the movie gradually evolve via a crosscutting amidst the four set of stories that are barely connected to each other. The four stories are said to be linked through an object such as rifle. An individual who belongs to Japan visits Moroccan for hunt. He meets a Moroccan friend and amidst one of the scenes hands over his rifle to his Moroccan friend in turn sells the rifle to another Moroccan. The third buyer's who bought it so that his sons can use it to protect the goats. Both the sons were trying to learn about the way the gun has to be used and were also having ...