Babel on DVD

One of this years Oscar nominees for best pictures is now available on DVD, “Babel” starring brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Gael Garcia Bernal. Directed by Alejandro Gonz·lez IÒ·rritu, Babel is his third film of his death trilogy. “Amores perros” 2000, “21 Grams” in 2003 and now “Babel” for 2006

The film is a multi-narrative movie with waving stories together from Morocco, Japan, Mexico and the United States.

Richard Jones (Brad Pitt) and his wife Susan (Cate Blanchett) come under fire from an unseen sniper, Susan is badly injured and the two are stuck in the heat of Morocco.

In Africa two siblings fight over their father’s new rifle, two brothers played by Boubker Ait El Caid, and Said Tarchini

The story in Tokyo involves a deaf-mute student called Chieko (Rinko Kikuchi) explores her sexuality and try to establish a new relationship with her father, a estranged businessman played by Koji Yakusho.

In the United States a Mexican housekeeper called Amelia played by Adriana Barraza who takes care of her employer’s children for the weekend. She then accompanies her reckless nephew Santiago to a family wedding across the border ends in disaster.

Babel consists of a thrilling visual style, spawning emotional themes, and give a vast arc of storytelling in such a large canvas. The film is shot in four different languages with outstanding performances from each member of the cast.

Now on DVD I highly recommend this feature, without a doubt one of the finest films of the year. Reuniting with screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu directs “an exquisite multi-lingual thriller, which draws together four seemingly unrelated storylines, finding that suffering and redemption traverse language and geographical boundaries.”

This two-disc DVD includes:
“Common Ground: Under Construction Notes” 90-minute feature-length making of video diary.
Rating: 5/5