Babylon2022

Babylon might be messy, but original film making doesn't come much better than this.

一方面不太喜欢整部戏被塞得太挤太满，前半段屎尿屁元素太over让人生理不适，戏院那段混剪出现得有点生硬表达的情感也太过赤裸。但另一方面，我很喜欢角色在被时代抛弃后，尝试无果后的那份对命运的坦然接受和优雅告别（Nellie拒绝被拯救，黑夜中翩然离去的背影；Jack在感叹“没关系，我已经当过世界上最幸运的混蛋了”后做出了人生选择）。以及当技术更迭时代变迁人生悲剧已成定局时，回头发现最初那些酒池肉林群魔乱舞荒诞又癫狂的时刻，竟有一种原始又磅礴的生命力，如梦似幻，那也是属于他们最后的喧闹和最美好的时光。

Frenetic as Babylon is, Chazelle himself remains clear-eyed. His view of Hollywood is romantic but not romanticized, a flaws-and-all look back at a party that was bound to end and be completely incapable of handling the crash. But oh, what a swell party it is.