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This is my most anticipated film of '22.
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This is my most anticipated film of '22.
Scratch that, me of 10 months ago. This movie looks tiresome and hackneyed.
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Had no interest in this movie (love "La La Land" and "Whiplash", though) but after the trailer I'm really looking forward to it. I expecting the great atmosphere of old Hollywood and all that behind it, and of course the rich and huge music work by Justin Hurwitz.
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*Slight yawn*.... If you want to see the original watch the excellent German TV series BABYLON BERLIN!
This movie has nothing to do with Babylon Berlin. The movie Babylon is about the tumultuous environment in Hollywood during the shift from silent films to "talkies" and the excess of Hollywood during that period. It is not a Neo-Noir about Berlin during the Weimar Republic.
Actually, they do look very similar, titles aside.
One of the primary settings of Babylon Berlin (at least the original 16-part miniseries, confusingly branded as Season 1 and Season 2 for contractual reasons) is a decadent night club.
And the series is as much about the wild and debauched private lives of the various characters as it is about the murder mystery and the political elements.
Bablyon Berlin also filters all the period pop music through a modern prism, a bit like Baz Luhrmann did in The Great Gatsby, and like it seems this film will, with modern pop songs played by 1920s bands and other new songs written in the style of the 20s.
Babylon Berlin is very much an impressionistic, stylized version of the 20s, grounded in gorgeous, carefully researched design work.
All of this feels very similar to the new film, regardless of the differences in their geographical setting.
Honestly, when I saw the BABYLON trailer, my first thought truly was "Wow, someone has been watching Babylon Berlin."
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