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The Tower of Babble

The Tower of Babble (2002)

Brief Nudity
  • Genres: Short
  • Directed by: Jeff Wadlow
  • Home Release: 12/20/2005
  • Theatrical Release: 02/21/2002
  • Country: USA
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Review

Words are double-edged things. Speaking them can connect one human to the truth of another, but language can also be used to conceal and deceive. The inspired and clever premise of The Tower of Babble (2002) is that the exact same lines of dialogue can fit into the mouths of unrelated characters engaged in wholly separate circumstances--a john and a hooker, a cop and his caught robbers, a pregnant chick and her unenthused boyfriend--resulting in completely different meanings for the same sets of vowels and consonants. The genius of The Tower of Babble is in revealing that our surface differences lead to the deep core reality, where we are all one and the same.