Babel
The film was great, but the winter blues got me down, so my brain isn’t firing nearly as much.
Morocco
This country is near the top of my list to go to because it retains such a strong street culture, and therefore high happiness index.
Farm-life
Agricultural society?
Innaritu understands multiple cultures and lifestyles, the similarities and differences in ethics. He probably traveled much in his life.
Why not celebrate together? A problem with houses.
Never-mind, the maid actually took the kids to Mexico. Nice!
Kid's don't learn from television.
Tourist shot. It's plausible. More likely to get in a car crash though, but that wouldn't have blown up in American media.
Framing.
Japanese deaf volleyball player.
So much to be learned from deaf people.
This film is fucking amazing because of the constant switching between societies.
Hah, chicken leg broken.
Reminds me of the time I created the belief that one must be able to kill what they eat.
They had fun catching chickens though.
There’s a nice sensual pleasure in Mexico, one they were probably deprived of.
Oof, such ethical conundrum. The older female indegenous-appearing person stopped pressuring the wound.
Or maybe it was done?
The deaf is shunned from society. Yet wants to be a part of it; Societal norms disregards them.
It’s so rare that I encounter deaf people. Perhaps they are less willing to come out to the public, and stick to institutions and home.
Societies are too distant to face emotions for(?), only real experience can give to feelings.
Perhaps this thought came when a television showing media appeared. Media just can’t compare to reality in inciting action.
An aside: The director travelled at ages 17 and 19 via a cargo ship to work across Europe and Asia.
Only because an American died such value is given.
They even sent a helicopter!
All to go for a marriage.
Traditional values make people do crazy things. Even now, I have a cousin who’s wedding is in India. The cost is at least the cost of displacing 20+ Indian-Americans via a round-trip flight across the world.
Hah, the marriage in Mexico reminds of those in Southeast Asia and India.
They just seem odd.
The scenes of the Mexican marriage and park in Japan are beautiful.
Cops shoot without care for the villagers.
I didn’t quite understand why the cops were so angry. Do they care for Americans that much? Weren’t they Moroccan?
The edge of civilization is near, especially as the world becomes more connected with transportation. The effects of societies clashing is inevitable.
It’s surprising how close (in proximity) these events are. The Mexican border is perhaps 12 hours away by car, or an hour flight. One could experience a completely different society in a matter of hours. As budget airlines increase, people do. The effects of this, I am unsure.