The first time I started watching Babylon, I gave up after an hour and a half. I felt that it was needlessly overblown and could only appeal to anyone who'd been a star in the 20's and was now crying in their whiskey over glories past.
By the grace of the movie Gods, I had the good fortune to sit down and fully watch it with a clear head. What a brilliant, brilliant film this was.
Chizelle is essentially offering commentary not only on the nature of Hollywood itself, but on peaking and falling into obscurity/irrelevance and how we deal with it. Your character will determine whether you retire gracefully or whether you will disappear into a maelstrom of disgrace and humiliation.
It's divided into roughly three acts. The first, is excess and champagne vain glory. Whilst visually and technically dazzling, this is by far the emptiest part and the one most likely to turn a viewer away, thinking that this is some pretentious flop.
Stay the course though and you will be rewarded by incredible second and third acts, that truly reach for the heart of show business. Extra props for the virtuosic depiction of Hell in Los Angeles and the Kubrick-inspired final montage.
A remarkable achievement, this is a modern classic whose legacy will grow with time.
By the grace of the movie Gods, I had the good fortune to sit down and fully watch it with a clear head. What a brilliant, brilliant film this was.
Chizelle is essentially offering commentary not only on the nature of Hollywood itself, but on peaking and falling into obscurity/irrelevance and how we deal with it. Your character will determine whether you retire gracefully or whether you will disappear into a maelstrom of disgrace and humiliation.
It's divided into roughly three acts. The first, is excess and champagne vain glory. Whilst visually and technically dazzling, this is by far the emptiest part and the one most likely to turn a viewer away, thinking that this is some pretentious flop.
Stay the course though and you will be rewarded by incredible second and third acts, that truly reach for the heart of show business. Extra props for the virtuosic depiction of Hell in Los Angeles and the Kubrick-inspired final montage.
A remarkable achievement, this is a modern classic whose legacy will grow with time.