London: The Modern Babylon

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London: The Modern Babylon

2012

2h 5m

Documentary

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Filmmaker Julien Temple delves into the multicultural heart of London using contributions from musicians, writers, artists and thinkers to see how the city has changed over the last 100 years.

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Daphne Howland

Village Voice

T.S. Eliot and William Blake have their say, and a pigeon-capturing lady on the streets gets more screen time than Lady Diana. But this is no crazy quilt.

May 28, 2013

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

A dizzying collage of all the changes in London's social and architectural fabric since light was first trained through celluloid.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 3, 2012

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

A very heady experience.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 2, 2012

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Jason Gorber

ScreenAnarchy

Temple's fragmented approach bespeaks the very nature of the place he's celebrating. For it seems that only through these wide variety of elements, these individual building blocks making a whole, that we can really get a sense of this remarkable city.

Rated: A-

Dec 28, 2012

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Christopher Campbell

Movies.com

A distinct sort of time travelogue of the city's rougher patches ... the kind of doc that scores the suffragette movement to "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" by X-Ray Spex.

Sep 20, 2012

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Philip French

Observer (UK)

A movie to cherish.

Aug 5, 2012

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A good documentary to learn about what London is all about.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Excellent film about London and its history and life in there.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Some great footage and music of London past and present. Essential viewing for those who grew up in London.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Visually engaging, politically simple minded polemic about London's history from the point of view of someone still labouring under the illusion that the Sex Pistols were anti establishment.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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A comprehensive and energised history of London from every angle. Essential viewing.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Rosa Bosch

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Julien Temple delves into the multicultural heart of London using contributions from musicians, writers, artists and thinkers to see how the city has changed over the last 100 years.

Director: Julien Temple
Producer: Rosa Bosch, George Hencken, Stephen Malit, Amanda Temple, Julien Temple
Screenwriter: Julien Temple
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 19, 2014
Runtime: 2h 5m

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