breaking down babel

My motivation for watching any movie is derived from a desire to be entertained, and in some cases educated. I'm not intelligent enough to analyze films for hidden meaning, social implications, or representations of type that may or may not have been intended by the writer. I am intrigued by those who can. Not doubting at all, but aware of analyses of my own work by instructors who found deeper meaning and greater substance that neither existed nor was intended; unless specifically acknowledged by the author I consider it opinion.

And so it will be with this analysis: simply a novice screenwriter breaking down the screenplay for the sole purpose of learning its structure and pacing.