Title: House of Babel
Review: I have heard about Mr. Cohen and his 'special' antics. However, I've never seen his work until I rented this movie last night. What a hoot!! Of course, there's some really course humor, but you have to get past it to see the adroitness displayed. As the movie starts you've got 'over the top' comic background of Kazakhstan, remember this is a comedy looking for laughs. The subtitles are moving fast and furious between the characters. Borat speaks to the audience in English. He speaks Hebrew to his Kazakh producer who answers him in Armenian. In fact, the Kazarkh producer Azamat speaks Armenian throughout the entire film (with Borat answering him in Hebrew). Then you have the visual 'subtitles' rich white folks, ghetto black folks, country folks, CA nerds at Pam's book signing, etc. Mr. Cohen has translated the visual into a form of verbal, hence, the 'House of Babel'.
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