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- Whereas La La Land was a tenderhearted homage to the classics of yesteryear, his latest movie, Babylon, is a descent into the debauchery of early Hollywood. Set in the 1920s, the maximalist epic tells a story of ambition and excess, full of sex, drugs, and movie stars, as the industry makes the transition from the silent film era to talkies.
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Dec 16, 2022 · “Babylon” is a fever dream, a filmmaker’s riff that captures the splendor of the period and the excitement of being young and at the center of something new, something the whole world was...
Dec 23, 2022 · Like its counterparts, Chazelle’s Jazz Age fever dream sets its emotional climax in an old-fashioned movie house. But while the characters onscreen may applaud the spectacle, many reviewers...
Dec 27, 2022 · Damien Chazelle's new film focuses on actors struggling to make the transition from silent film to sound. We chatted with experts about the real history.
Dec 23, 2022 · “The dream,” Joan Didion once wrote of Hollywood, “was teaching the dreamers how to live.” Babylon is a movie about the movies, and not in the purely celebratory way that many films have ...
Babylon is a 2022 American epic historical black comedy drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. It features an ensemble cast that includes Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo and Li Jun Li.
Dec 16, 2022 · Damien Chazelle's new film pretends to be a movie about “loving movies,” but more than anything else, it seeks to reflect glory on its creator.
Dec 16, 2022 · Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Diego Calva star in Damien Chazelle's 'Babylon,' a feverish look at Hollywood’s transition from silents to talkies.
