OPINION: ‘Babylon’: Where art meets grotesque
OPINION: Babylon: Where art meets grotesque
By Emmanuel Reyes CoronaBridge Staff PodcasterPublished Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023
“I always wanted to be a part of something bigger. Something that lasts, that means something. Something more important than life.” Those are the words of Babylon's main character, Manuel Torres—with whom I almost shared the same name (coincidence or destiny?)—at the film’s beginning. But most importantly, those are the words to which the film settles its foundations.
Emmanuel Reyes Corona
What is something more important than life? Every one of us will have a different answer. It is cinema for Damien Chazelle, writer and director of the film (as well as La La Land and Whiplash). But he is not referring to a film’s actual pre-production, production a...