The Big Picture · Review
March 26, 2024/ 190 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins · Chris Ryan
A live-to-tape watch-along of Damien Chazelle's 'Babylon.' Sean, Amanda, and Chris press play together and talk over all three-plus hours: the elephant, the Singin' in the Rain echoes, the closing montage, and whether it holds together outside a theater.
1 films across 1 segment.
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The Watch-Alongpress play with them
Chazelle's box-office flop, watched start to finish. The three agree it's a run of set pieces (the party, the Singin' in the Rain sound-stage homage, Tobey Maguire's underworld) without much connective tissue. Sean is in the hive, Chris hive-adjacent, Amanda admiring but out.
Also mentioned raised along the way
Damien Chazelle's other films La La LandWhiplashFirst Man
Brad Pitt on the table Once Upon a Time in HollywoodTrue RomanceLegends of the FallOcean's ElevenMoneyballTwelve MonkeysFight Club
Margot Robbie on the table BarbieAmsterdamThe Wolf of Wall StreetThe Legend of TarzanI, Tonya
Spike Jonze filmography, read aloud Mi Vida LocaThree KingsBeing John MalkovichAdaptation.Jackass: The MovieJackass Number TwoJackass 2.5Where the Wild Things AreJackass 3DHerJackass Presents: Bad GrandpaJackass ForeverJackass 4.5Harold and the Purple Crayon
Silent and classic Hollywood Singin' in the RainThe Jazz SingerSunrise: A Song of Two HumansCity LightsGreedGrand IllusionThe Rules of the GameSunset BoulevardShanghai ExpressThe Lady from ShanghaiAn American in ParisThe Philadelphia StoryAll About EveZiegfeld FolliesThe Godfather
The closing montage The Wizard of OzBen-HurUn Chien AndalouThe Passion of Joan of Arc2001: A Space OdysseyThe Ten CommandmentsTronTerminator 2: Judgment DayJurassic ParkThe MatrixAvatarPersona
In passing ImmaculateTransformers: Age of ExtinctionKillers of the Flower MoonA Hidden LifeDune: Part TwoDrive-Away DollsBoogie NightsMean StreetsGoodfellasInceptionVertigoSuspiriaSaltburnRoad HouseSnack ShackMay DecemberMankMaestroPoor ThingsOppenheimerOuijaOuija: Origin of EvilThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonSonic the HedgehogNo Time to DieEverything Everywhere All at OnceTárTop Gun: MaverickGreen LanternGuardians of the GalaxyHowards EndAlien: CovenantInherent ViceFantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemHarry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanThe Bourne LegacyMargin CallHaywireThe Dark Knight RisesFree GuyJustice LeagueZack Snyder's Justice LeagueBatman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeDon't Worry DarlingRichard JewellWitnessA Different Man
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