Damien Chazelle’s ‘Babylon’ Trailer Showcases Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie in Scandalous Story of Golden Age Hollywood
variety.comCarson Burton Damien Chazelle is returning to the twilight of Hollywood’s silent era in his newest film “Babylon.”Starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, “Babylon” is set in the late 1920s and captures the film industry’s transition from silent films to “talkies” due to the invention of synchronized sound.
Pitt plays a silent film star during the time, and Robbie is a roaring twenties icon. As Hollywood shifts around them, they are forced to grapple with an evolving industry.“When I first moved to Hollywood, the stars on all the doors said ‘No actors and no dogs allowed,’” Pitt’s character says in the trailer. “I changed that.” The big, loud, boisterous footage is complete with opulent parties, cocaine, topless women and dancing.
At one point, Robbie’s character commands attention at a pool party by yelling, “Listen up all you big dick men… who wants to see me fight a fucking snake?” Pitt’s character, with an alcoholic beverage in hand, pauses before shouting, “Fuck, yeah!”
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