I have not seen the movie, but someone told me that it was named after the Tower of Babel from the bible. Is this correct??
2007-02-26 06:15:16 · 10 answers · asked by logonafire 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Yes in a way. The movie is about how people of different cultures have trouble communicating with each other (which was supposedly the end result of the story of the Tower of Babel).
2007-02-26 06:19:36 · answer #1 · answered by AlexM138 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Movie Babel
2016-12-12 16:56:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Babel Movie
2016-09-27 22:58:58 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like the story of Babel from the Bible, "Babel" is about the difficulty of human communication, but although the stories unfold in four countries and in five languages — English, Arabic, Spanish, Japanese and sign language — language is far from the principal barrier. Instead, the film explores the ways in which cultural assumptions and biases tend to obscure reality even when reality is plain, and the way our perceived differences keep us from finding a human connection to one other.
2007-02-26 06:26:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The title refers to the story of the Tower of Babel in the Biblical Book of Genesis. In the story, the people of the world are all united and speak a common language. They begin to build a tower to reach the heavens and become godlike themselves. God, seeing this, decides to confuse the language of the people and destroy the tower. When the people could no longer understand each other they gave up work on the tower and spread out to different parts of the world. It also refers to the connections -or lack thereof- that come through the use of language. In each storyline the characters struggle with surviving and self-identification based on misunderstanding through a language barrier. This film ultimately looks at the fact that we are all intimately connected on a life-and-death level, yet the trivialities of langauge and misunderstandings break us apart.
2007-02-26 06:20:29 · answer #5 · answered by Bruce W. 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah that's right -- in the Bible, people were punished by God by making them all speak different languages and not understand each other. The basis of the movie that despite the language barrier, we were all the same at one time and we are still the same today.
2007-02-26 06:19:10 · answer #6 · answered by kohai4 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes! they are correct! the tower of babel from the old testament times!
2007-02-26 06:18:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The different stories in the movie revolve around language barriers and the difficulties they can cause, but also the fact that we can overcome them. It was a really great movie. You should see it.
2007-02-26 06:18:43 · answer #8 · answered by Charles 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the characters speak different languages.
Very hard to follow, Spanish, Japanese. It jumps all over the place.
2007-02-26 06:20:14 · answer #9 · answered by ♣Hey jude♣ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-02-26 06:18:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋