Show All, 189mins Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). Heres how it works. Jack Conrad: Well, Clair's a lesbian. Per THR, Pitts character is supposed to be based on real-life figure John Gilbert, whos best known roles are probably in King Vidors The Big Parade, and for starring alongside Greta Garbo in one of her breakout roles in Flesh and the Devil. When Brad Pitt first read the screenplay, he said, Whats gonna get cut? Chazelle figured hed shoot a minute a page. Related Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. Related Damien Chazelle's high-energy ode to moviemaking, "Bablyon," babbles on and on and on for three hours and eight minutes, offering an orgy of eye-popping images and performances and one thought that movies are bigger than life and have the power to inspire; they should mean something to the makers and the viewers. He is a writer and director, known for Whiplash (2013), Whiplash (2014) and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016). Six years after winning an Oscar for "La La Land," writer-director Damien Chazelle is gearing up for a return to Tinseltown with his next feature . Copyright 2023 Salon.com, LLC. Makes the eternal mistake of reminding you of much better movies you could be watching, only in this case it's like a hundred of them. Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt star in Chazelle's film that revolves around Hollywood in the 1920s as the movie industry shifts from silent films to sound. A coked-up Margot Robbie projectile vomiting all over the face of a stuffy old man in a tux pretty much sums up the chaotic energy and glorious messiness of BABYLON, truly the strangest, most debaucherous love letter to Hollywood ever. Nothing "Babylon" says is very deep, and Chazelle takes his time to say nothing. A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood. I don't know. Catching up now for a spoiler breakdown of the movie and its incredible screenplay, the pair discuss how early iterations of the film centered on Brad Pitts character Jack Conrad, the eye-opening real-life stories of 1920s Hollywood debauchery that Damien pulled from, and where next for the filmmaker now that hes conquered his boldest, most ambitious project to date.
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