What can we expect from the new Damien Chazelle?
Paramount has opened the curtain on ‘Babylon’, the period drama directed by Damien Chazelle that documents the excesses of early Hollywood. This past Monday there was a first screening in Beverly Hills thus bringing the first reactions.
The 188-minute long epic represents a return to awards season for Chazelle, who became the youngest winner of the Oscar for best director in 2016 for his work in front of ‘La La Land’. His next work was the Neil Armstrong biopic ‘First Man’, and his previous Sundance debut, leading up to ‘La La Land’ was ‘Whiplash’, which also garnered considerable mentions in its awards run.
Margot Robbie, Diego Calva and Brad Pitt lead the cast of ‘Babylon’ which also includes Tobey Maguire, Jean Smart, Li Jun Li and Jovan Adepo. Chazelle has described the film as being inspired by Federico Fellini’s ‘La Dolce Vita’, Robert Altman’s ‘Nashville’ and ‘The Godfather’. It’s an old-school epic that managed, through a handful of characters, to convey a changing society.” It will hit theaters on January 20..
“Babylon feels like someone read Damien Chazelle the story of Sodom and Gomorrah and then said, ‘Hold my cubata!’ A high-octane, cocaine-inducing trip. First half is great. Probably the new movie Internet favorite of all time. Margot Robbie and Justin Hurwitz are your stars.”
“BABYLON: Truly monstrous in its heavy-handed insistence on shoving the viewer’s face into the mud and claiming it’s something novel or moving; Chazelle might be the most confident director in Hollywood today, of course he also has some of the worst instincts that exist.”
“Wacky, decadent, and all together deliciously delicious. ‘Babylon’ is incredible cinema. This is Damien Chazelle’s love letter to filmmaking and Margot Robbie’s best performance to date. The music is outstanding.”
“Damien Chazelle’s Babylon is a dazzling, dizzying cacophony of insane depravity. I loved it! A rebellious and outrageous portrait of hedonistic Hollywood from the golden age. Margot Robbie is a living thread. Diego Calva is sensational. Stunning costumes and production design “.
“Babylon is a daring Hollywood epic that completely shocks the senses. Margot Robbie and Diego Calva give great performances. Damien Chazelle incorporates his trademark musicianship and movement throughout. Justin Hurwitz’s score is a great wall of sound.”
“Babylon is an ambitious disaster of a movie. I don’t even know where to start with it, but the tone is everywhere. Margot Robbie tries but the script fails her. A love letter to movies that made me hate movies”
“A projectile of drugged Margot Robbie throwing up on the face of a tuxedo-clad old man pretty much sums up the chaotic energy and glorious disorder of BABYLON, truly the strangest and most riotous love letter to Hollywood”
“At the first screening of one of the last big releases of the year…
Jazz Luhrman”
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Camila Luna is a writer at Gossipify, where she covers the latest movies and television series. With a passion for all things entertainment, Camila brings her unique perspective to her writing and offers readers an inside look at the industry. Camila is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in English and is also a avid movie watcher.
