Como de envidio por poder verla en el cine en mi ciudad solo hubo una función a las nueve de la noche lo cual es muy peligroso aquí y tuve que esperar para poder rentarla 😢
I second this, I went to this movie and expected nothing since I didnt want to overhype myself. I came out of the theater totally blown away and the ending montage was trully like something out of this world.
After three hours, this montage hits and I was floored. It comes out of nowhere and practically tears the concept of cinema apart. I’ve never seen anything like it. It caps the film perfectly.
Watching the history of hollywood from Moving images all the way to a movie made in a fully 3D created world set to that piece of music blew me away. Babylon got hammered for the party stuff but I was blown away when I finally saw it.
I remember someone saying that Babylon could be viewed as a love letter to cinema, or a suicide note. And that’s a hell of a feeling to create in a viewer
idk how damien recovered after this film banged. He provided cinema with the love he has for cinema and no one went to see, a person literally tries to transform an industry but ignored by both critics and audience is highest form of disrespect a true cinema lover can get. ofc we can technically blame this on poor marketing but still....
Poor marketing is one thing; but seriously, in the 90s movies literally had the weirdest trailers and people still went to watch them. And even just the word of mouth form people who liked it should have made a little difference. But imo it's just that nowadays average US movie goer (I say US because French folks loved it) isn't used to this kind of decadent cinema anymore. Give them a Mario fanservice movie and they'll love it. Give them something different and they'll say things like "the plot makes no sense, it's too long, too depraved etc"
Bad marketing and also horrible release date. Nobody goes to see movies at the end of December (during the holidays).They should’ve just waited an released it during the summer
The flashing colors are representative of how many silent film reels have degraded beyond saving; the tragedy that these people, these characters, were not immortalized after all. They were lost to time.
All the Movies from the sequence "The Ending Montage Scene". 00:07 - Sallie Gardner at a Gallop 00:08 - Cat Trotting, Changing to a Gallop 00:09 - The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat 00:10 - Annie Oakley 00:10 - Birth of the Pearl (right after the gun shot in Annie Oakley) 00:11 - A Trip to the Moon Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves The Great Train Robbery 00:12 - Little Nemo Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages 00:13 - The Champion The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris Joan the Woman 00:14 - Within Our Gates The Nightingale’s Voice Ballet Mécanique 00:15 - The Jazz Singer (which is shown during a scene at a premiere in New York where Manny goes to find out). Black and Tan The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (another movie which is reference right after they started to make talking pictures). 00:16 - Piccadilly (Lady Fay Zhu was inspired in Anna May Wong). 00:16 - The Wizard of Oz 00:19 - Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars’ Plot 00:20 - Tarantella 00:21 - Love Letter Pather Panchali 00:22 - Duck Amuck 00:22 - Cinerama (The Rollercoaster iconic scene that goes from regular format to wide-screen for the first time). 00:25 - Ben-Hur (Chariots Race) 00:26 - Un Chien Andalou 00:27 - Psycho (The Bath Scene) Dreams That Money Can Buy Un Chien Andalou (again) 00:28 - Meshes of the Afternoon (the eye scene) The Passion of Joan of Arc Vivre Sa Vie 00:29 -Lucia N.Y.,N.Y. (Oranges Scene) The Wagoner "Borom sarret" (Traffic Lights Scene) 00:30 - The Black Vampire 00:31 - 2001: A Space Odissey Persona 00:32 - Week-end (Fin de Cinema) 00:33 - Matrix (1981) 00:37 - O-45 00:38 - Sunstone 00:44 - Raiders Of The Lost Ark 00:47 - Tron 00:49 - Terminator 2: Judgement Day 00:51 - Jurassic Park 00:53 - The Matrix 00:54 - Avatar 00:58 - Persona 02:21 - Singin' In The Rain (The End)
The chemical reactions in the montage, depicts the nitrate-detoriation of the film-chemicals of silent era films. According to Martin Scorsese 90% of silent films have completely gone. They are not recoverable anymore. That's why he took the initiative to restore old films in digital 4K. What the film does is, that it shows nelli laRoy and brad pitt are being damaged & vanishing from cinema forever (through various red-blue-green phases of decomposition). This is an incredibly sad scene. More so, because jean smart's character at one point in the film, tell brad, even though his career was over, that he will live forever through his silent films. But that is not the case. His films are now lost forever.
You've changed my perception of this scene quiet a lot. Maybe what this montage is trying to show us then, is that although these silent films may be gone, they are still living in every new picture ever created. It's cinema consuming itself.
Great observation. His films are lost forever, but are part of the DNA of all future films - just like all our anonymous ancestors who are forgotten, but live on in us
I literally couldn't stop smiling when I watched this scene for the first time in theaters. The evolution of cinema going along with the crazy music is just pure art.
I cried in the cinema when this played. As a film studies/making graduate, and a true lover of cinema obsessively since childhood, I was simply overwhelmed by the montage showcasing the early beginnings of moving pictures to the grandure of modern cinema, all backed up by the incredible soundtrack emanating from the speaker system. I was just blown away. Cinema is for me an escape and my first love. Its the way i bonded with my dad as a child. We both love scifi movies and horror. I watched so many classic scifi's and horrors with him long before I should have been allowed to, as well as westerns and mid century action flicks. I seen this film alone for that reason. I knew this was a film I had to see by myself to fully connect. It was so powerful. Critics and viewers were harsh on it, but I can already tell that this film with grow to be a classic. Critics will give it more love as it ages. It will be studied by students a generation from now too. This was a love letter to the industry and to cinema enthusiasts. I feel it reflected so much back to us, the viewer. I was trying to hide the fact I was weeping, yet by the end I was smiling. I felt what Manny experiences as he rediscovered his love for film in that 1950s movie theatre. I was crying in a 2020s Irish movie theatre blown away by what I seen. One of the most beautiful experiences I've ever had in a cinema, one that will stay with me for the rest of my life. This movie warmed my heart, broke it and warmed it all over again.
Same here. This is how my family bonded also. Watching movies. I also saw this movie alone. I didn't even know about it until a couple days before I saw it a couple days ago. I too wept a little when I saw this scene.
Same here. I've been through hell for the last 9 years after a brutal divorce. We are still in court over custody issues and I'm fighting to see my daughters. Some of the only bonding we did over the last 9 years is cinema. It started with them falling in love with the Harry Potter movies, so I watched them and also fell in love with them and I'm sure it was because of how it helped me bond with both of my daughters when I couldn't be with them. We'd spend hours on the phone doing HP trivia and because they were so young, 5 & 7, there wasn't much to talk about on the phone. Now we go to the theater often and Marvel was another franchise we fell in love with together. To this day, we share movies, even if they don't see a movie with me, I will go see it so we can discuss it. I was thrilled when they wanted to watch 12 Angry Men with me. I had already seen it years ago but adored watching it with them. I really liked this movie. After that 30 minute intro, I went to the internet to see what the reviews were and I understood it but not after watching the entire thing. I think it was beautiful to watch, and there were some poignant dialog that I loved and can't understand why people are saying there is no plot. I knew exactly where this movie was going. I agree, it will become a cult classic, just give it time. The cast was exceptional, btw. Some new faces and real legends. I give it a 4/5 stars because there were a few scenes that I didn't personally like, but I understand why they were there. Now I'm going to go watch LaLa Land. I haven't seen it yet.
This was so fascinating when I watched this scene for the first time, knowing that how many films have been made in the past century and how there have been so many people then, now, and later who will pour their heart and soul into something. Then all of that will eventually become a part of something bigger that we can't begin to comprehend!
Because the Academy, sadly, prioritizes films that are nominated for Best Picture. I think the Golden Globes are a more accurate assessment of the current state of cinema TBH; the Oscars have been pretty lame for a while.
@@PayneToTheMax To be fair, aside from Babylon's unfortunate snubbing, that was an above-average Oscar ceremony. Loved how much attention Everything Everywhere All at Once got
Exactly!!! This is actually Damien Chazelle looking back on his life and saying "It paid off!" Manny actually represents the artist, the filmmaker Damien Chazelle. And it comments on love, art and cinema and how art makes us immortal through film because it captures the moment and freezes it in historyy!!! He connects with the cinema spirit!
Whenever someone ask me how to define art, I will say "Babylon". This is art. This is what cinema should be. This was probably my best experience in a theatre
I can make a comparison to La La Land’s ending as while La La Land’s ending sequence is a dream, Babylon’s ending sequence is a nightmare. Seriously, this scene shook me.
And 'Hail Caesar' that's a parody of and tribute to the various movie genres of the 1950s is....well it's neither, it's just people going on making movies with no dreams and no nightmares. THat's all I could come up with while we were comparing movies about movies.
it is after this collage it hit me, this movie's story is not about manny's love or his rags to riches story or rather about any of the character's personal life. Its rather a story about despite the uglies of hollywood, its successfully created the beautiful cinematic masterpieces weve enjoyed thru all the years. When u sign up for hollywood u are no longer a normal person, uve signed up for an ugly life in exchange of contributing into pushing the boundaries of cinema.
I remember thinking to myself as I watched this in the theater, "Is he allowed to do that?!" Idk how Damien Chazelle comes up with these kind of endings, but goddamn its so moving, so authentic, this is easily one of the greatest endings to a movie ive seen.
Me and my friends watched this movie by chance, there weren't any movies we hadn't watched so we chose this, my friends didn't much of it, but i was blown away by this scene when it played in the theater, and it reminded me just how amazing cinema can truly be and how far it has come. Imo 10/10 movie
People who like this movie and this end sequence might enjoy the documentary series 'The Story of Film: An Odyssey', a 2011 British series with 15 episodes covering the entire history of movies from 1888 to 2010. Talks a lot about how movies have changed over times, and the heartbreak as well as the joy that comes from the movie making industry.
I'm so sad that this somehow managed to sneak by me, i can only imagine how amazing it must have been to get to watch this in theaters with the out of this world phenominal soundtrack playing to its fullest potential
Saw it opening day on Christmas. It was amazing. 10/10 experience. The theater was full and everyone enjoyed themselves. Brought my dad and my friend to it. They said they hated it but I loved every second. Now I own it on Apple TV and I watch it at least once or twice a month. Sometimes more. Hands down one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. Don’t listen to the hate. Yeah the theater was truly amazing to hear the entire soundtrack through giant speakers, it was amazing.
Please don't bring that meme from "Morbius" here. This movie was great and represents a serious artistic effort unlike the commercial product of Morbious.
This ending means two things and is honestly horrifying. Yes the sound in cinema changed things and it has become bigger than anyone could possibly even imagine. However it’s led to constant misery, pain, destruction, and even can lead people into changing their entire view on life in an instant. While it can give the people making the movie a sense of fame and glory, it ultimately doesn’t mean anything in the next few years when something else comes along. All that blood, sweat, and tears and it’s another dvd in a bargain bin for 4.99.
a lot of joy and tears for a lot of people can be created or remembered as a result of looking in a bargain bin for $4.99. But the people who put all the blood, sweat and tears into making that movie have no way of knowing that.
I don't think that's the point man. Precisely this movie vindicates to exhaustion the intrinsic value of art. The human legacy that supposes the revitalizing power of art. Connecting with people, the power to communicate what is most human in us and put it at the service of humanity in a transcendent sense. Art is the purest part of us and in Babylon the final scene is so extreme because it contrasts with the tragedy and suffering of human life. Precisely what is alleged is not that a movie loses relevance but quite the opposite: that it doesn't matter. That regardless of all the delusions of life, art makes us aware of it and motivates us to know ourselves better and give the best of ourselves. If a work has reached you, it has contributed to you, and that is the absolute value in itself. A contribution that goes beyond what the commercial journey of the film may be (besides that, in a mundane sense, what you say is not a value in itself either, all films have to end up being sold somewhere and that is not bad xd). It's precisely the beauty in the drama of human life. Art, which are works that really want to say something, never lose value if they have come into contact with the world. It's part of his dialogue and process of integration, obviously subject individually to the vicissitudes of life. That effort that you talk about is not only not lost, it is life itself with all its meaning. Lastly, and as Tarkovsky would say, art is our tool for manifesting the infinite in the finite. That's more or less my deeply believed approach at least. Greetings
@@holloskywalker7916 Hey I couldn’t understand you completely but man I want to see your point crystal clear. If you don’t mind can you explain it more simple to me. I’d appreciate it.
Your perspective is quite negative. All your saying is anything we do will gain less it’ll get lost on people therefore it’ll mean nothing. That’s just a fact so when you work remember you’re never gonna do anything timeless, legendary. Don’t do it for results and it’s claim. Go small point smaller but with heart, with peace in heart, with genuine passion. Everyone should think so if at least one enjoys it that’s a win. I believe pure films are made with no wish for grand results but that’s being said every “pure film” will get bigger than life at one point for viewers.
Don't know if anyone else caught this, but I am pretty sure the blue, red, green, and yellow colors towards the end are in reference to the intro credits and end credits of Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (another film that just so happened to use Singin in the Rain in one scene and as the credits song).
I am told that they’re meant to show the disastrous deterioration of the movies that were produced with the protagonists. Meaning that every trace of them is being lost to time, leaving no hope for future generations to actually enjoy their art.
It’s weird how the ending made me feel nostalgic for the movie and characters. The most amazing theatre experience I’ve ever had really felt like I grew old with the characters and I was feeling mannys nostalgia
To this day i still dont know what to think of this film but i know one thing - this ending brought tears of cinematic joy to my eyes. Just the colours moving is something i want to watch for the rest of my life.
Why this movie didn't absolutely kill it will remain a complete mystery to me. I cried at 3 or 4 different moments, but that ending? Man... Seeing this in a theater will remain one of my favourite experiences ever. Just speechless. I love the memory so much I'm afraid to watch it again. Keep making movies Damien we need it!
Final brutal, absolutamente arrollador, extraordinario. Para los amantes del cine como un servidor aquí, me vació, me llenó y me volvió a vaciar, todo ello sin dejar de emocionarme hasta las lágrimas mientras no podía borrar la sonrisa de mi cara. Exaltación pura.
Such an amazing movie. Watched it twice (a 3 hr movie) on flights 2 Europe and Kauai. The second time I watched on mute with subtitles and gained an entirely new appreciation for it.
this moment was NUTZ!! Literally never seen a movie do a montage of other films. So weird and interesting and beautiful and cool. Love it. Maybe Chazelle's best movie.
I can't help but feel like this scene is one of the greatest in Cinema history; exhilarating beyond belief, a tragic ode to art, this scene encapsulated all of the subplots and themes of the movie into a beautiful flourish
The first 3 things ever filmed was a horse galloping, a train leaving the station and a naked woman. This movie was such a marvel and it should get much more praise. But I’m glad it atleast won an award. It was so captivating in the theaters and this scene threw me through such a beautiful loop.
The last hour of this movie just gets better and better. I found myself suspended in that magical place the movie is supposed to take you to. Then my emotions took over. So powerful and such an underrated masterpiece of film making.
This movie will be the monument it deserves... One day. I remember watching this scene in theatre, everyone with a huge smile on the face and a dust in an eye ❤
It is a big love letter to cinema!! Im also an artist and this movie moved me deeply. It is a journey of a director in a metaphorical sense. The ending is amazing, he sees the future of cinema because now he becomes part of it. The legacy we leave behind us when we die... It is humbling and exciting at the same time. Meta. All meta references from Damien Chazelle. One of my all time fav movies as a cinephile.
Mindblowing, Damien Chazelle is for sure my favourite contemporary filmmaker. It was a long time since I felt such emotions watching a film. At the end, I found myself smiling with this outstanding meta narrative sequence.
@@thunderbrotherschinaeditio656 whiplash was just as good as this the emotion like take a musician sells his soul, a father loses his son and the villain wins all in that moment in the ending of whiplash
This is the best ever ending that i can imagine. As many said, this is art, a breath taking 2 minutes who tells 100 years of cinema history. Only the true cinema lovers understand.
I honestly don't know how this film "flopped". It wasn't a commercial success. Some reviews were moderate. In my opinion, from watching hundreds of movies, this was a delectable auditory and visual experience filled with an amazing ensemble and cast. This was a beautiful tragedy or in Shakespearean terms, a mastery woven piece of comedy. The silent era was coming to an end, and with it, so many players who partook either gracefully bowed before the change or had their careers blighted by the sudden progress in motion cinema. This movie illustrated it so beautifully from the very beginning with its chaotic festive and debauchery parties hailing an era of libertine attitudes.
I watched this movie with my girlfriend and i did not enjoy it at first, too long to self indulging, too grotesque. But my opinion has changed, and this scene is an absolute masterpiece. I was not ready for what i have experienced, and i was not ready for it to end. I miss it, and i envy people that are yet to watch it. If they are ready for it.
@@simplyjay0748 most definitely bro i seen it twice in the theaters for the first time for any movie ever I’ve never done that but yeah definitely became my favorite movie ever and I’ve never even had a favorite movie But yeah love this movie bro
@@simplyjay0748 i was blown away as well the ending scene with the montage was so dope inside the theatres alone speaker blasting the colors lighting up the whole room, i walked out saying wow
@@cjv3883 that’s dope 💯. Honestly I’m glad I watched it by myself so I can digest everything that just happened 😭. I’m watching it again next week to see if I catch things I missed the first time
When i'm chilling but then suddenly i remember that no woman or situation will gonna make me feel like the first time i watched this scene in the cinema.
I did a little bit of theater when I was younger, and I stopped to move and study. I always have been interested in theater but thought it was too risky, not worthy of a shot.. but since this movie, since this scene I got back in the field, and I swore I will be an actor. Mark my words, if I succeed, it will be thanks to this movie
Witnessing this in theaters with the speakers blasting the soundtrack was an otherworldly experience.
I just bought tickets to see this again but this time in cinema.
Como de envidio por poder verla en el cine en mi ciudad solo hubo una función a las nueve de la noche lo cual es muy peligroso aquí y tuve que esperar para poder rentarla 😢
I second this, I went to this movie and expected nothing since I didnt want to overhype myself. I came out of the theater totally blown away and the ending montage was trully like something out of this world.
Todos al ver el montaje final: Joder esto si es cine 🚬
Watched this at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood and it was the best experience I’ve ever felt in a theater
Watching this scene in the theater was one of the best theater experiences I've ever had
Yup, so amazing I had to go to the theatre twice. Wish I could've gone a third time, Lol.
me too. A big tribute to the cinema, a world that I love so much
Me too
Cinema Paradiso rip off
Same
After three hours, this montage hits and I was floored. It comes out of nowhere and practically tears the concept of cinema apart. I’ve never seen anything like it. It caps the film perfectly.
Watching the history of hollywood from Moving images all the way to a movie made in a fully 3D created world set to that piece of music blew me away.
Babylon got hammered for the party stuff but I was blown away when I finally saw it.
I remember someone saying that Babylon could be viewed as a love letter to cinema, or a suicide note. And that’s a hell of a feeling to create in a viewer
Diego Calva himself said that more than a love letter, he sees babylon as cinema's x-rays
I saw someone say that it was both. A love letter to cinema and a suicide note to Hollywood.
@@beyiince you're right.
Chazelle himself said so
@Luigi Nastro which one, the love letter or the suicide note?
idk how damien recovered after this film banged. He provided cinema with the love he has for cinema and no one went to see, a person literally tries to transform an industry but ignored by both critics and audience is highest form of disrespect a true cinema lover can get. ofc we can technically blame this on poor marketing but still....
Poor marketing is one thing; but seriously, in the 90s movies literally had the weirdest trailers and people still went to watch them. And even just the word of mouth form people who liked it should have made a little difference. But imo it's just that nowadays average US movie goer (I say US because French folks loved it) isn't used to this kind of decadent cinema anymore. Give them a Mario fanservice movie and they'll love it. Give them something different and they'll say things like "the plot makes no sense, it's too long, too depraved etc"
Bad marketing and also horrible release date. Nobody goes to see movies at the end of December (during the holidays).They should’ve just waited an released it during the summer
The flashing colors are representative of how many silent film reels have degraded beyond saving; the tragedy that these people, these characters, were not immortalized after all. They were lost to time.
Oh that’s what it means ?
Oh god it makes sense… Seeing this made me more depressed about this movie😢
At least they didn't know that. This time around however, we have better methods of storage.
As a cinema student, this was my best theater experience for now
Best 4th wall breaker ever.
The character didn't break the 4th wall, cinema itself did in this scene.
In 10 or 20 years this film is gonna be a classic
It is right now.
one of the most underrated films ever made
100%
This why I love that kind of montage : no matter the genre, no matter the movies quality... We are all cinema's lovers
All the Movies from the sequence "The Ending Montage Scene".
00:07 - Sallie Gardner at a Gallop
00:08 - Cat Trotting, Changing to a Gallop
00:09 - The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
00:10 - Annie Oakley
00:10 - Birth of the Pearl (right after the gun shot in Annie Oakley)
00:11 - A Trip to the Moon
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
The Great Train Robbery
00:12 - Little Nemo
Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages
00:13 - The Champion
The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris
Joan the Woman
00:14 - Within Our Gates
The Nightingale’s Voice
Ballet Mécanique
00:15 - The Jazz Singer (which is shown during a scene at a premiere in New York where Manny goes to find out).
Black and Tan
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (another movie which is reference right after they started to make talking pictures).
00:16 - Piccadilly (Lady Fay Zhu was inspired in Anna May Wong).
00:16 - The Wizard of Oz
00:19 - Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars’ Plot
00:20 - Tarantella
00:21 - Love Letter
Pather Panchali
00:22 - Duck Amuck
00:22 - Cinerama (The Rollercoaster iconic scene that goes from regular format to wide-screen for the first time).
00:25 - Ben-Hur (Chariots Race)
00:26 - Un Chien Andalou
00:27 - Psycho (The Bath Scene)
Dreams That Money Can Buy
Un Chien Andalou (again)
00:28 - Meshes of the Afternoon (the eye scene)
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Vivre Sa Vie
00:29 -Lucia
N.Y.,N.Y. (Oranges Scene)
The Wagoner "Borom sarret" (Traffic Lights Scene)
00:30 - The Black Vampire
00:31 - 2001: A Space Odissey
Persona
00:32 - Week-end (Fin de Cinema)
00:33 - Matrix (1981)
00:37 - O-45
00:38 - Sunstone
00:44 - Raiders Of The Lost Ark
00:47 - Tron
00:49 - Terminator 2: Judgement Day
00:51 - Jurassic Park
00:53 - The Matrix
00:54 - Avatar
00:58 - Persona
02:21 - Singin' In The Rain (The End)
Haha Matrix 1981
@@alexhein1738 There is also the 1981 one
@@alexhein1738 ? English isn't my national language, maybe I didn't caught the sarcasm.
@@alexhein1738 Yeah THE Matrix came out in 1999
👍👍
The chemical reactions in the montage, depicts the nitrate-detoriation of the film-chemicals of silent era films. According to Martin Scorsese 90% of silent films have completely gone. They are not recoverable anymore. That's why he took the initiative to restore old films in digital 4K.
What the film does is, that it shows nelli laRoy and brad pitt are being damaged & vanishing from cinema forever (through various red-blue-green phases of decomposition).
This is an incredibly sad scene. More so, because jean smart's character at one point in the film, tell brad, even though his career was over, that he will live forever through his silent films.
But that is not the case. His films are now lost forever.
Ghosts.
You've changed my perception of this scene quiet a lot.
Maybe what this montage is trying to show us then, is that although these silent films may be gone, they are still living in every new picture ever created. It's cinema consuming itself.
Hey man, I don't know if you know, but your take is being praised on the subreddit r/truefilm. Great observation!
Great observation.
His films are lost forever, but are part of the DNA of all future films - just like all our anonymous ancestors who are forgotten, but live on in us
Amazing point, one is really dead when there's no traces behind
I literally couldn't stop smiling when I watched this scene for the first time in theaters. The evolution of cinema going along with the crazy music is just pure art.
I cried in the cinema when this played. As a film studies/making graduate, and a true lover of cinema obsessively since childhood, I was simply overwhelmed by the montage showcasing the early beginnings of moving pictures to the grandure of modern cinema, all backed up by the incredible soundtrack emanating from the speaker system. I was just blown away. Cinema is for me an escape and my first love. Its the way i bonded with my dad as a child. We both love scifi movies and horror. I watched so many classic scifi's and horrors with him long before I should have been allowed to, as well as westerns and mid century action flicks. I seen this film alone for that reason. I knew this was a film I had to see by myself to fully connect. It was so powerful. Critics and viewers were harsh on it, but I can already tell that this film with grow to be a classic. Critics will give it more love as it ages. It will be studied by students a generation from now too. This was a love letter to the industry and to cinema enthusiasts. I feel it reflected so much back to us, the viewer. I was trying to hide the fact I was weeping, yet by the end I was smiling. I felt what Manny experiences as he rediscovered his love for film in that 1950s movie theatre. I was crying in a 2020s Irish movie theatre blown away by what I seen. One of the most beautiful experiences I've ever had in a cinema, one that will stay with me for the rest of my life. This movie warmed my heart, broke it and warmed it all over again.
Same here. This is how my family bonded also. Watching movies. I also saw this movie alone. I didn't even know about it until a couple days before I saw it a couple days ago. I too wept a little when I saw this scene.
Same here. I've been through hell for the last 9 years after a brutal divorce. We are still in court over custody issues and I'm fighting to see my daughters. Some of the only bonding we did over the last 9 years is cinema. It started with them falling in love with the Harry Potter movies, so I watched them and also fell in love with them and I'm sure it was because of how it helped me bond with both of my daughters when I couldn't be with them. We'd spend hours on the phone doing HP trivia and because they were so young, 5 & 7, there wasn't much to talk about on the phone. Now we go to the theater often and Marvel was another franchise we fell in love with together. To this day, we share movies, even if they don't see a movie with me, I will go see it so we can discuss it. I was thrilled when they wanted to watch 12 Angry Men with me. I had already seen it years ago but adored watching it with them. I really liked this movie. After that 30 minute intro, I went to the internet to see what the reviews were and I understood it but not after watching the entire thing. I think it was beautiful to watch, and there were some poignant dialog that I loved and can't understand why people are saying there is no plot. I knew exactly where this movie was going. I agree, it will become a cult classic, just give it time. The cast was exceptional, btw. Some new faces and real legends. I give it a 4/5 stars because there were a few scenes that I didn't personally like, but I understand why they were there. Now I'm going to go watch LaLa Land. I haven't seen it yet.
This was so fascinating when I watched this scene for the first time, knowing that how many films have been made in the past century and how there have been so many people then, now, and later who will pour their heart and soul into something. Then all of that will eventually become a part of something bigger that we can't begin to comprehend!
How tf is it possibile that justin hurwitz didn't win the oscar, the soundtrack of this film is a masterpiece
Because the Academy, sadly, prioritizes films that are nominated for Best Picture. I think the Golden Globes are a more accurate assessment of the current state of cinema TBH; the Oscars have been pretty lame for a while.
@@PayneToTheMax To be fair, aside from Babylon's unfortunate snubbing, that was an above-average Oscar ceremony. Loved how much attention Everything Everywhere All at Once got
There is one track that is similar to Someone in The Crowd (La La Land OST) so maybe that is the reason.
Because apparently the little drumming in All Quiet was more worthy
@@moemoeanisong BWAAAH, BWAAAH, BWAAAH...
one of the most jaw-dropping scenes that i've ever seen
Showing you a montage of better films?
@@milkmanmichael5955nah witnessing Hollywood in 2 minutes
@@milkmanmichael5955hey the editing
Zoomers just discovered movies 🤡
"a Love Letter to Cinema, and a Hate Letter to Hollywood"
You can tell from Mannys emotions that in the end all that work paid off
Exactly!!! This is actually Damien Chazelle looking back on his life and saying "It paid off!" Manny actually represents the artist, the filmmaker Damien Chazelle. And it comments on love, art and cinema and how art makes us immortal through film because it captures the moment and freezes it in historyy!!! He connects with the cinema spirit!
Whenever someone ask me how to define art, I will say "Babylon". This is art. This is what cinema should be. This was probably my best experience in a theatre
Wuhahahahahaha
You serious?
Art is subjective idiot.
Ever watched a film called Boogie Nights ?
You’re a fool
I can make a comparison to La La Land’s ending as while La La Land’s ending sequence is a dream, Babylon’s ending sequence is a nightmare.
Seriously, this scene shook me.
Good way to put it… this ending is haunting in a way I can’t quite describe
Is the same director
@@LuchiTuchi88 I know, hence the comparison
Yeah people don’t get that Babylon is a horror movie. It’s chaotic and unrelenting at showing the darkest parts of cinema making.
And 'Hail Caesar' that's a parody of and tribute to the various movie genres of the 1950s is....well it's neither, it's just people going on making movies with no dreams and no nightmares. THat's all I could come up with while we were comparing movies about movies.
This scene was simply an appreciation to cinema history, the film industry has come a long way
it is after this collage it hit me, this movie's story is not about manny's love or his rags to riches story or rather about any of the character's personal life. Its rather a story about despite the uglies of hollywood, its successfully created the beautiful cinematic masterpieces weve enjoyed thru all the years. When u sign up for hollywood u are no longer a normal person, uve signed up for an ugly life in exchange of contributing into pushing the boundaries of cinema.
I think this statement is more about cinema than hollywood. A lot of the movies we saw there were not made in Hollywood.
Babylon is art
Masterpiece
I remember thinking to myself as I watched this in the theater, "Is he allowed to do that?!" Idk how Damien Chazelle comes up with these kind of endings, but goddamn its so moving, so authentic, this is easily one of the greatest endings to a movie ive seen.
Seeing this 3 times in theaters is one for the books for best movie theater going experience and is something I’ll never forget.
Same
Me and my friends watched this movie by chance, there weren't any movies we hadn't watched so we chose this, my friends didn't much of it, but i was blown away by this scene when it played in the theater, and it reminded me just how amazing cinema can truly be and how far it has come.
Imo 10/10 movie
People who like this movie and this end sequence might enjoy the documentary series 'The Story of Film: An Odyssey', a 2011 British series with 15 episodes covering the entire history of movies from 1888 to 2010. Talks a lot about how movies have changed over times, and the heartbreak as well as the joy that comes from the movie making industry.
Thank you! Saving this on my watchlist!
Thanx will check it out
I'm so sad that this somehow managed to sneak by me, i can only imagine how amazing it must have been to get to watch this in theaters with the out of this world phenominal soundtrack playing to its fullest potential
If this makes u feel worst, yea u should feel sad, the soundtrack was insane in imax. An inexplicable feeling
Saw it opening day on Christmas. It was amazing. 10/10 experience. The theater was full and everyone enjoyed themselves. Brought my dad and my friend to it. They said they hated it but I loved every second. Now I own it on Apple TV and I watch it at least once or twice a month. Sometimes more. Hands down one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. Don’t listen to the hate. Yeah the theater was truly amazing to hear the entire soundtrack through giant speakers, it was amazing.
Seeing Persona in theatre felt like it's your first time seeing the film in theatre back in 60s.
One of the greatest endings in film history
Truly a movie moment
one of the movies ever
@@metelineblue294 dumb
this movie is a masterpiece
Please don't bring that meme from "Morbius" here. This movie was great and represents a serious artistic effort unlike the commercial product of Morbious.
This ending means two things and is honestly horrifying. Yes the sound in cinema changed things and it has become bigger than anyone could possibly even imagine.
However it’s led to constant misery, pain, destruction, and even can lead people into changing their entire view on life in an instant. While it can give the people making the movie a sense of fame and glory, it ultimately doesn’t mean anything in the next few years when something else comes along.
All that blood, sweat, and tears and it’s another dvd in a bargain bin for 4.99.
a lot of joy and tears for a lot of people can be created or remembered as a result of looking in a bargain bin for $4.99. But the people who put all the blood, sweat and tears into making that movie have no way of knowing that.
Damn that bargain bin part gave me chills 😭😭
I don't think that's the point man. Precisely this movie vindicates to exhaustion the intrinsic value of art. The human legacy that supposes the revitalizing power of art. Connecting with people, the power to communicate what is most human in us and put it at the service of humanity in a transcendent sense. Art is the purest part of us and in Babylon the final scene is so extreme because it contrasts with the tragedy and suffering of human life.
Precisely what is alleged is not that a movie loses relevance but quite the opposite: that it doesn't matter. That regardless of all the delusions of life, art makes us aware of it and motivates us to know ourselves better and give the best of ourselves. If a work has reached you, it has contributed to you, and that is the absolute value in itself. A contribution that goes beyond what the commercial journey of the film may be (besides that, in a mundane sense, what you say is not a value in itself either, all films have to end up being sold somewhere and that is not bad xd). It's precisely the beauty in the drama of human life. Art, which are works that really want to say something, never lose value if they have come into contact with the world. It's part of his dialogue and process of integration, obviously subject individually to the vicissitudes of life. That effort that you talk about is not only not lost, it is life itself with all its meaning.
Lastly, and as Tarkovsky would say, art is our tool for manifesting the infinite in the finite. That's more or less my deeply believed approach at least. Greetings
@@holloskywalker7916 Hey I couldn’t understand you completely but man I want to see your point crystal clear. If you don’t mind can you explain it more simple to me. I’d appreciate it.
Your perspective is quite negative. All your saying is anything we do will gain less it’ll get lost on people therefore it’ll mean nothing. That’s just a fact so when you work remember you’re never gonna do anything timeless, legendary. Don’t do it for results and it’s claim. Go small point smaller but with heart, with peace in heart, with genuine passion. Everyone should think so if at least one enjoys it that’s a win. I believe pure films are made with no wish for grand results but that’s being said every “pure film” will get bigger than life at one point for viewers.
Don't know if anyone else caught this, but I am pretty sure the blue, red, green, and yellow colors towards the end are in reference to the intro credits and end credits of Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (another film that just so happened to use Singin in the Rain in one scene and as the credits song).
I got Clockwork Orange vibes too
I am told that they’re meant to show the disastrous deterioration of the movies that were produced with the protagonists. Meaning that every trace of them is being lost to time, leaving no hope for future generations to actually enjoy their art.
It’s weird how the ending made me feel nostalgic for the movie and characters. The most amazing theatre experience I’ve ever had really felt like I grew old with the characters and I was feeling mannys nostalgia
To this day i still dont know what to think of this film but i know one thing - this ending brought tears of cinematic joy to my eyes. Just the colours moving is something i want to watch for the rest of my life.
Why this movie didn't absolutely kill it will remain a complete mystery to me. I cried at 3 or 4 different moments, but that ending? Man... Seeing this in a theater will remain one of my favourite experiences ever. Just speechless. I love the memory so much I'm afraid to watch it again. Keep making movies Damien we need it!
Possibly the greatest tribute to Cinema and nobody went to go see it 😢.
For reals
Babylon deserved WAYYY more praise. The whole film, specifically the final act was phenomenal!!! Diego and Margot were amazing 🙌
Exactly
Watching this moment in theater, was one of the most amazing and surprising things.
me arrepiento toda la vida de no haber visto esta joya en el cine
Ufff hermano de lo que te perdiste, tú único consuelo es que algún día la proyecten en un ciclo de D. C.
La mejor película en la vida que uno puede ver en cine
la película más aburrida
Yo preferí ver John Wick 4 a esta joya.
Diego Calva deserves more recognition
Final brutal, absolutamente arrollador, extraordinario. Para los amantes del cine como un servidor aquí, me vació, me llenó y me volvió a vaciar, todo ello sin dejar de emocionarme hasta las lágrimas mientras no podía borrar la sonrisa de mi cara. Exaltación pura.
So happy I decided to watch it in theaters. Had the theater to myself and that ending had me in tears it was honestly beautiful.
Such an amazing movie. Watched it twice (a 3 hr movie) on flights 2 Europe and Kauai. The second time I watched on mute with subtitles and gained an entirely new appreciation for it.
this moment was NUTZ!! Literally never seen a movie do a montage of other films. So weird and interesting and beautiful and cool. Love it. Maybe Chazelle's best movie.
Then you have to watch Cinema Paradiso. Probably the very first film which do a montage of other films as the ending.
I can't help but feel like this scene is one of the greatest in Cinema history; exhilarating beyond belief, a tragic ode to art, this scene encapsulated all of the subplots and themes of the movie into a beautiful flourish
If this hits Netflix then more and more ppl will come out saying they wished they saw it in theaters.( as of now it’s on prime)
It's on HBO now in Indonesia
The first 3 things ever filmed was a horse galloping, a train leaving the station and a naked woman. This movie was such a marvel and it should get much more praise. But I’m glad it atleast won an award. It was so captivating in the theaters and this scene threw me through such a beautiful loop.
The last hour of this movie just gets better and better. I found myself suspended in that magical place the movie is supposed to take you to. Then my emotions took over. So powerful and such an underrated masterpiece of film making.
The score itself should've won an Oscar.
Exactly
I have goose bumps just thinking about how this made me feel in the cinema
This movie will be the monument it deserves... One day.
I remember watching this scene in theatre, everyone with a huge smile on the face and a dust in an eye ❤
I'm so pissed I never got this see this movie in a theater
Yeah same
one of the most underrated films ever made
Babylon will be remembered as a cult classic in the future ❤️❤️
It is now.
It is a big love letter to cinema!! Im also an artist and this movie moved me deeply. It is a journey of a director in a metaphorical sense. The ending is amazing, he sees the future of cinema because now he becomes part of it. The legacy we leave behind us when we die... It is humbling and exciting at the same time. Meta. All meta references from Damien Chazelle. One of my all time fav movies as a cinephile.
Its slowly now!
My 3hrs didnt waste
never got bored♥️
Mindblowing, Damien Chazelle is for sure my favourite contemporary filmmaker. It was a long time since I felt such emotions watching a film. At the end, I found myself smiling with this outstanding meta narrative sequence.
I wish if I can relive this moment again when I saw it in the theatre.
this film did not deserve the hate it got
Insane, just totally insane. 'Babylon' for life.
I love that I was able to see this in theatres
Not only does this show how fame can rise and fall but it also shows look into the future of film
MY FAV SCENE EVER in any other movie
facts
One of my favorite scenes
Todos al ver el montaje final: Joder esto si es cine 🚬
This has to be the best ending to a movie…
Whiplash was even better
@@thunderbrotherschinaeditio656 whiplash was just as good as this the emotion like take a musician sells his soul, a father loses his son and the villain wins all in that moment in the ending of whiplash
@@thunderbrotherschinaeditio656 nah bro. This ending sequence means the change of everything, is more touching
@@thunderbrotherschinaeditio656did you notice the drum at the end from whiplash
@@thunderbrotherschinaeditio656 watching whiplash before military, yeah its good, watching after.... its....a movie
One of the best scenes ever made in cinema.
This is the best ever ending that i can imagine. As many said, this is art, a breath taking 2 minutes who tells 100 years of cinema history. Only the true cinema lovers understand.
God what i'd give to watch this in theater for the first time againnn
I honestly don't know how this film "flopped". It wasn't a commercial success. Some reviews were moderate. In my opinion, from watching hundreds of movies, this was a delectable auditory and visual experience filled with an amazing ensemble and cast. This was a beautiful tragedy or in Shakespearean terms, a mastery woven piece of comedy.
The silent era was coming to an end, and with it, so many players who partook either gracefully bowed before the change or had their careers blighted by the sudden progress in motion cinema. This movie illustrated it so beautifully from the very beginning with its chaotic festive and debauchery parties hailing an era of libertine attitudes.
One of the best films I’ve ever seen and people will realise that in 5-10 years time. It might be Chazelle’s magnum opus
I watched this movie with my girlfriend and i did not enjoy it at first, too long to self indulging, too grotesque. But my opinion has changed, and this scene is an absolute masterpiece. I was not ready for what i have experienced, and i was not ready for it to end. I miss it, and i envy people that are yet to watch it. If they are ready for it.
I envy those who are watching for first time
@@cjv3883just watched it and I’m blown away hands down 10/10
@@simplyjay0748 most definitely bro i seen it twice in the theaters for the first time for any movie ever I’ve never done that but yeah definitely became my favorite movie ever and I’ve never even had a favorite movie
But yeah love this movie bro
@@simplyjay0748 i was blown away as well the ending scene with the montage was so dope inside the theatres alone speaker blasting the colors lighting up the whole room, i walked out saying wow
@@cjv3883 that’s dope 💯. Honestly I’m glad I watched it by myself so I can digest everything that just happened 😭. I’m watching it again next week to see if I catch things I missed the first time
One of the best movie montages since _Very Nice, Very Nice_ and _The Parallax View_
Love this ending! There is a lot of CINEPUNCH video effects used. Awesome! I have those packs for video editing! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Masterpiece of the decade 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Still a pleasure to cry each time I'm watching that scene 🥲
As soon as it's back in cinemas I'm going in....masterpiece
When i'm chilling but then suddenly i remember that no woman or situation will gonna make me feel like the first time i watched this scene in the cinema.
I did a little bit of theater when I was younger, and I stopped to move and study. I always have been interested in theater but thought it was too risky, not worthy of a shot.. but since this movie, since this scene I got back in the field, and I swore I will be an actor. Mark my words, if I succeed, it will be thanks to this movie
I really wish I watched this in theaters 😢
Such a good scene
I want to experience this again in theaters.
Trippy masterpiece. Never even heard of it until a couple weeks ago.👍👍
If you didn’t saw this scene in a cinema, I feel REALLY sorry for you
facts
I saw it man , truly precioso
Best movie of all time
Damien Chazelle master of movie endings
This movie is Chazelle’s best movie ever
this movie was the best 3 hours of my life
one of the most beautiful movie ever made
One of the movies of all time
It truly was a movie
One of the movie ever made
Fr
Truly a movie I could walk afterwards
No one going to mention the final scene of Cinema Paradiso? Oh well, then allow me.
Everyone who's trashing on this movie has already mentioned it lol. Your s couple months late.
Beautiful ending❤❤❤
You have done the most admirable work. Thank you very much
I will die for this movie and if i have to do it alone so be it
m with you
babylon is one of those movies, great ost great movie greats actors and an odd to cinema that last scene.. a futur classic
He saw it flash before his eyes
I love this film. It's not perfect, but it is a pure love letter to the cinema, just like Martin Scorsese's Hugo
this was the best to see in theaters favorite scene of 2022 for me
One of the best endings in the cinematic history 👏
Hey guys please support me 🙏🙏🙏
No watch literally any other film
@@milkmanmichael5955 ur mother
It is totally a copy of Cinema Paradiso ending
How is it one of the best endings? can you please explain ?
this movie was AMAZING
The meaning of cinema