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Babylontakes place in Hollywood at the tail end of the silent period.
It was pure cinema, just image and music, Chazelle said.
The result, he said, was his most grueling shoot ever.
In part, this is acting like due toBabylons sheer scale.
In the early part of the 20th century, L.A. was this dusty cow town, Chazelle said.
Then came the movies, and over a few short years its pastoral landscape was transformed completely.
They were building the city from scratch, and they were building the industry from scratch.
And to do that, you need a certain kind of crazy person.
Its the American dream: this crazed, manic vision to conjure stuff up out of nothing.
The fun of it was having a gallery of characters, Chazelle said.
Its bigger than you.
Truly, a film for every niche fandom.
