A GOOD MOVIE

I watched the movie Babel last week, the day after finishing reading The Unknown Terrorist. Coincidentally it is about innocent people who find themselves in unusual circumstances which, because of stereotyping and misinterpretation, quickly escalate out of control. Even though the main players in the story are often the victims of stereotyped views and politically and ideologically driven officialdom, it is the humanity of ordinary people that triumphs. The Director, Alejandro Inarritu, says he wanted to 'talk about the overreaction of the US empire towards the Muslims. I also wanted to observe the problems of the borders between the US and Mexico, and to talk about the millions of Mexicans who live in a very harsh reality in America. I was interested in solitude, and deserts - not only actual deserts, but also urban deserts, where you are surrounded by people but totally isolated'.
This is a top movie.