“Always make a scene.”
Babylon follows several people caught up in Hollywood at the end of the silent era, when the industry is shifting toward sound. Their ambitions, rivalries and personal excesses play out against a world built on spectacle, money and reinvention. The film tracks how quickly opportunity can turn unstable as careers and reputations collide.
Damien Chazelle directs this 2022 film, shaping its fast-moving rise and collapse around a large ensemble. Brad Pitt appears as a major figure in the film world, while Margot Robbie plays a forceful presence whose choices drive much of the chaos. Diego Calva is also central as someone pulled into the machinery of movie-making and fame.
Made in Mexico and the United States, the film uses the glamour and volatility of late-1920s Hollywood to show an industry in transition. Its tone mixes comedy with drama, balancing wild energy with a sharper look at ambition, status and decline. The result is loud, restless and often uneasy, with the movie business itself at the center.
Damien Chazelle directs this 2022 film, shaping its fast-moving rise and collapse around a large ensemble. Brad Pitt appears as a major figure in the film world, while Margot Robbie plays a forceful presence whose choices drive much of the chaos. Diego Calva is also central as someone pulled into the machinery of movie-making and fame.
Made in Mexico and the United States, the film uses the glamour and volatility of late-1920s Hollywood to show an industry in transition. Its tone mixes comedy with drama, balancing wild energy with a sharper look at ambition, status and decline. The result is loud, restless and often uneasy, with the movie business itself at the center.
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7.4 / 10