Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, who also directed the Memphis-shot 21 Grams, Babel‘s primary subject is miscommunication across cultures, but fitting its epic ambition (and, at 142 minutes, epic length), it touches on any number of globalization issues: immigration, terrorism, class disparities, the prominence of American media and its concern with blond, white women in peril. …
Read the rest of Chris Herrington’s review of Babel, which opens today in area theaters.
Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, who also directed the Memphis-shot 21 Grams, Babel‘s primary subject is miscommunication across cultures, but fitting its epic ambition (and, at 142 minutes, epic length), it touches on any number of globalization issues: immigration, terrorism, class disparities, the prominence of American media and its concern with blond, white women in peril. …
Read the rest of Chris Herrington’s review of Babel, which opens today in area theaters.