I've just seen the film "Babel". Liked it and hated it, for its actors, for the length, for its unlikely intertwined story(ies) and its "alternative pacifist message"... however it is worthwhile seing, I guess. Review will follow soon.
As is indicated in wikipedia and according to the bible, the Tower of Babel was being built by Humanity to reach heaven. Because mankind was said to be inherently evil and disobedient, instead of worshipping the God who created them, God would have stopped their efforts by creating different languages so that the builders could not understand each other. As a result of the communication problem, it would be impossible to continue and the Babel Tower would never be finished. This story is used to explain the existence of the different languages.
The film "Babel" is also about communication... or rather, the lack of it or the difficulty to communicate between people and cultures.
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