The new movie Babylon I decided to release two different types of trailers before the Christmas holidays – one naughty and one cute. As you can see below, the “Nice Trailer” for Babylon He frames the film as the collective effort of the lead actors (and all of their collaborators) to push the film industry out of the silent film era and into a bold new permanent future. Brad Pitt’s character is framed as the classic movie star who dreams of something bigger and better with his career, while Margot Robbie is framed as the sweet, beautiful newcomer who signals the arrival of that new era.
“Naughty Trailer” l Babylon He puts Tobey Maguire’s creepy character at the forefront of a trailer that delves into the unbridled debauchery of Hollywood and the film industry, certainly framing the various characters played by Pitt, Robbie and others (Diego Calva, Lee Jun Lee, Lucas Haas) as equally more morally vulnerable individuals than in the movie.” Nice Trailer” that made them so.
Paramount Picutres dropped both trailers with the identical caption, “Things are about to get WILD. Here’s the new trailer for NAUGHTY for #BabylonMovie. Or keep it chic with a NICE trailer.”
To be fair, the beauty of these two trailers is that they’re insightful as to what Babylon it and what it presents as a film – but both are but an excerpt from director Damien Chazelle’s much more complex story (Whiplash, La La Land). It’s actually a funny way of echoing many of the themes of the film itself (as we reviewed at the ComicBook Nation show), which mused on the enduring beauty, power, and longevity of cinematic art — and the often ugly, messy, and soul-sucking process of its creation.
Read Babylon’s official synopsis: “A tale of gigantic ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and corruption in early Hollywood.”
ComicBook Nation host Kofi Outlaw posted the following response to Babylon After seeing it:
Watching #BabylonMovie is a wild ride through Old Hollywood – its glamor, its ugliness, its ugliness.
Beyond this boisterous spectacle, it’s a profound rumination on the cost/benefit (both literal and figurative) of creating art in the midst of a mad world.
Although Damien Chazelle sometimes goes over the top with insane power (albeit with a purpose), the scale of the production and the show are totally theater worthy. The cast is fantastic from main lines to cameos, newcomers and veterans alike.
Babylon It will be released in theaters this week.
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