Spanning the mid-1920s and early 1930s, Damien Chazelle’s sprawling ensemble comedy-drama chronicles the jolting transition from silent films to “talkies”
, joins in with “Babylon”. For the first half of its three-hour running time, his extravagant tribute to the industry’s audacious pioneers seems set to be the most entertaining of them all. The second half is another matter.
“Babylon” echoes “Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood”, too, in that it has Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie in two of its leading roles. Mr Pitt plays Jack Conrad, a swashbuckling superstar who always looks dashing on screen, however many cocktails he has had. Ms Robbie plays Nellie LaRoy, an ambitious aspiring actress who prefers cocaine, and who is skilled enough to cry on cue for the camera: “One tear or two?” she asks an awestruck director.
Mr Chazelle manages to keep up the madcap energy in his next expertly choreographed set-piece. The morning after the orgy, the characters decamp to the desert, where several different films are being shot at once. With no need to worry about the noise from one production spoiling the others, directors can make a Western cheek by jowl with a war drama.
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