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Babel 2006
Babel (dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu) was released in 2006 and follows three interconnected stories in Morocco, Japan, and the California/Mexico border. After a young boy shoots an American tourist (played by Cate Blanchett) in a Moroccan village, the story unfolds, involving a dash from border patrol that leaves a nanny and two children stranded in the desert, and the involvement of a father/daughter combo in Japan, who are linked to the rifle used to kill the tourist.
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Burden of Dreams 1982
Burden of Dreams (dir. Les Blank) was released in 1982 and follows movie director Werner Herzog and the filming of his movie Fitzcarraldo— a challenging film to create due to Herzog’s many strict criteria. The film takes on a documentary style with voiceovers, interviews, and engulfs viewers in the setting through its cinematography. Blank also provides viewers insight into Herzog’s mind through his tough questioning when conducting interviews.
Specifically, viewers get well acquainted with the island the film is filmed…
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Parallel Mothers 2021
Parallel Mothers was released in 2021 and directed by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. The film is about two mothers (one in her 40s, and one a teenager) who give birth at the same time and grow a friendship through their shared experience of being single moms. This friendship undergoes trial as hidden secrets are discovered.
I really enjoyed watching the film because of the crispness and color. Everything in it looked so beautiful and brand new— there was not a…
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Pan's Labyrinth 2006
Pan’s Labyrinth, released in 2006, and directed by Guillermo del Toro, is about a girl, Ofelia (played by Ivana Baquero) who has a special connection with a magical world. Ofelia’s magical world collides with that of the real— starkly contrasted with a murderous step-father (played by Sergi López), a sick mother (played by Ariadna Gil) and her interim caretaker Mercedes (played by Meribel Verdú).
As I watched the movie, I could not understand who the audience was: it surely couldn’t…
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