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London: The Modern Babylon

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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 05/28/2013
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. Go to Full Review Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) 08/03/2012
4/5
A dizzying collage of all the changes in London's social and architectural fabric since light was first trained through celluloid. Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian 08/02/2012
4/5
A very heady experience. Go to Full Review Jason Gorber ScreenAnarchy 12/28/2012
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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. Go to Full Review Christopher Campbell Movies.com 09/20/2012
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. Go to Full Review Philip French Observer (UK) 08/05/2012
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01/10/2018 A good documentary to learn about what London is all about. See more 01/10/2018 http://www.clevelandmovieblog.com/2013/06/london-modern-babylon-june-6th-and-8th.html See more 01/10/2018 Excellent film about London and its history and life in there. See more 01/10/2018 Some great footage and music of London past and present. Essential viewing for those who grew up in London. See more 07/01/2017 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. See more 01/01/2017 A comprehensive and energised history of London from every angle. Essential viewing. See more Read all reviews
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Julien Temple

Director

Julien Temple

Screenwriter

Rosa Bosch

Producer

George Hencken

Producer

Stephen Malit

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Amanda Temple

Producer

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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