Damien Chazelle’s new film pulls zero punches in its drug-addled, vomit-splattered vision of Hollywood’s early years, and the French American filmmaker laments that today’s industry has lost some of its wild side. | AFP
“In the 1920s, the rules were not yet completely written, cinema was still in its youth,” said the American-born Chazelle, who spoke to AFP in fluent French during a recent visit to Paris.
Film sets of the time were “perhaps a little more brutal, a little more violent, a little darker, but also comical.There are parallels to the tumult in today’s Hollywood, as streaming platforms and the pandemic have put cinemas in jeopardy and led to Hollywood relying on tried-and-tested franchises and superheroes.“Today in Hollywood there’s a lot of fear, and not a lot of people taking risks. There are always great movies being made, thankfully, but it’s a time of fear.
“But the big screen is always something different—an experience that is not interrupted, not divided into chapters,” he said. Despite the huge success of “La La Land,” “Babylon” was a tough project to get off the ground, with a budget estimated at around $80 million thanks to its extravagant sets and hundreds of extras.
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