London: The Modern Babylon

A very heady experience.
-- Peter Bradshaw,Guardian [UK]

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London: The Modern Babylon

Reaching back to the dawn of film in London at the start of the 20th century, legendary filmmaker Julien Temple’s London: The Modern Babylon is an epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of the director’s hometown. From musicians, writers and artists to dangerous thinkers, political radicals and, above all, ordinary people, this is the story of London’s immigrants, its bohemians and how together they changed the city forever.

Featuring music from The Rolling Stones, The Clash, Pink Floyd, Underworld, The Kins, X-Ray Spex, Madness, Small Faces, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Duke Ellington, Marie Lloyd, David Bowies, The Shadows, Bob
Dylan, T-Rex, Dire Straits, Bob Marley, Pet Shop Boys, Adam and the Ants, 808 State, The Shamen, Roxy Music, M.I.A, Lily Allen, Public Image LTD, Rolf Harris, Sex Pistols.

Featuring the voices of Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Keith Allen, Steve Jones, Andy Serkis, Julien Temple.
Genre
Documentary
Web Site
http://www.docuram…
Runtime
137
Language
English
Director
Julien Temple
Cast
Michael Gambon (narrator)
FEATURED REVIEW
Philip French, Observer [UK]

Julien Temple's remarkable, heartwarming, superbly edited documentary combines music, archive footage, clips from old feature films and new interviews to create a vivid portrait of a changing London. Its collage technique, humanism and sympathy for ordinary people has much in common with the vision ...

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