You’d be hard-pressed to find many G-rated moments in the new film. Babylonthe last feature of Whip Yes Land Director Damien Chazelle. The visceral homage to Hollywood in the late 1920s encompasses the debauchery and mayhem that should characterize the industry, with sex, drugs and jazz music defining what I consider one of the best films released this year (to be fair) . , I called that at the beginning of the year. ). But Chazelle is also a dad, he juggles a newborn and a three-year-old, so he’s currently engaged in marathon video-watching sessions. The little Mermaid waiting for the world to look Babylon on the big screen . But Chazelle thought he could show a sliver of Babylon to his son An innocuous scene he thought the boy would like. (Their appears in the film’s trailer !) Only, it failed.
Damien Chazelle is back at ReelBlend podcasts to talk Babylon and meet the presenters about their past films and current projects. And all the while, he told a hilarious story about how he let his 3-year-old son into his editing room to see a little clip from Babylon that the director thought was safe… even funny! Except that it was, according to Chazelle:
It was a moment of what I thought was totally G-rated fare. It was Brad Pitt giving a speech on a balcony, then making a little move and stepping back. I thought, ‘Oh, he’s like, you know, Peter Sellers or Chaplain. It will be funny! My son has lost his mind. I was horrified. He thought he just watched someone die and ran out of the room screaming. And for next week, I had it reserved for me. He was just… he kept saying, ‘man is falling, man is falling.’ Like I’ve seen a snuff movie or something. Since then, whenever I try to give him insight into what I’m working on, he avoids it like the plague. Like maybe I should.
Only parents with the best intentions can fully understand how an innocuous task like this can fail. also given all we know Babylon , the scene Damien Chazelle talks about, in which a still-drunk Brad Pitt poetics about the need for the film industry to innovate if it hopes to survive, sounds like something any kid would find funny. But you never know. And Chazelle’s son wanted nothing to do with Pitt’s downfall. Arrived! quickly, put The little Mermaid go back and make things right with the world.
Listen to the full interview with Damien Chazelle on the latest episode of ReelBlend :
Let’s hope Babylon It’s a film that audiences discover and keep talking about. It’s a sordid take on the Hollywood underground, documenting the ups and downs of celebrity culture and proving that things that happened in the 1920s are still true today. Reviews for the film were mixed. with our landing by Eric Eisenberg right on target of the conversation. But it should wrap up the year strong and excite people throughout the upcoming movies of 2023 which will hit theaters soon.
Source: Cinemablend
