A fragmented film such as 'Babel' gives the impression of 'edginess' but, in its form, tells us nothing we didn't already know.
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While 'Babel' is a foreign-language film in some countries, in others, it is a local film.
Films like 'Babel' can transcend the one point-of-view formula that has reigned for so long.
There is an edginess in my work that people don't always recognize.
When a film is created, it is created in a language, which is not only about words, but also the way that very language encodes our perception of the world, our understanding of it.
I think 'E.T.' is a quite extraordinary piece of cinema.
Yeah I think Pitch Black was edgy, I think that's what worked for our film.
I think it is a mistake to identify a movie according to its language, as if movies were literature.
I've done a lot of films that all have been pretty edgy.
'Babel' is about the point of view of others. It literally includes points of views as experienced from the other side. It is not about a hero. It is not about only one country. It is a prism that allows us to see the same reality from different angles.
I've seen 'Babel' four times. And each time I realize anew what a monumental project that had been for me.