{"id":13823,"date":"2014-12-17T22:15:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T22:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=13823"},"modified":"2020-04-03T21:27:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T21:27:37","slug":"london-the-modern-babylon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=13823","title":{"rendered":"Julien Temple&#8217;s London"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a4\u00a0 London &#8211; The Modern Babylon<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Directed by Julien Temple | UK 2012 | Colour, black and white | 128min |\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13824\" title=\"LondonB\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LondonB.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LondonB.gif 213w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LondonB-150x90.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">British director Julien Temple (<em>Absolute Beginners<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Great Rock and Roll Swindle<\/em>) has released a new documentary called<em>\u00a0London &#8211; The Modern Babylon<\/em>, exploring the history of his hometown from the birth of cinema until today.<\/p>\n<p>Temple has made a collage, mixing film archive material and popular music with the voices of Londoners past and present, from musicians, writers and artists, to political radicals and ordinary people, to create a picture of the capital&#8217;s changing face.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reaching back to London at the start of the 20th century, the story unfolds through film archive and the voices of Londoners past and present, powered by the popular music across the century. It ends as London&#8217;s preparing to host the 2012\u00a0Olympics.<\/p>\n<h5>\u2666 London &#8211; The Modern Babylon by Julien Temple\u00a0\u2193 \u00a0(trailer)<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tjHnWyJhkzo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DoccSFokGhE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Michael Gambon &#8211; narrator: \u00a0<em>\u00abThe walk at the other end from Cannon Street to my office is\u00a0neither too long nor too short &#8211; a healthy little perambulation\u00a0along streets crowded with fellow commuters all proceeding to\u00a0their places of work on the same orderly schedule as myself \u00a0[&#8230;] Their lives, like my own,\u00a0are regulated nicely by the minute hand of an accurate watch,\u00a0and very often our paths cross at the same times and places\u00a0on the street each day.\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u00f7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f7<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>\u2666 \u00a0Julien Temple <strong>interviewed<\/strong> following a screening of London: <em>The Modern Babylon<\/em>, a voyage to the multicultural heart of his hometown \u00a0\u2193<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wgq2qHsbNRQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9yzleePVgrc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-11184\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/GRS.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a>\u00a4\u00a0 \u00a0The Great Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Swindle<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>A 1980\u00a0<a title=\"Mockumentary\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mockumentary\">mockumentary<\/a>\u00a0film directed by\u00a0<a title=\"Julien Temple\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julien_Temple\">Julien Temple<\/a>\u00a0and produced by\u00a0Don Boyd\u00a0and\u00a0Jeremy Thomas\u00a0about the\u00a0British\u00a0punk rock\u00a0band\u00a0<a title=\"Sex Pistols\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sex_Pistols\">Sex Pistols<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6>\u00a4 \u00a0Plot<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z4-vP2aC3Yo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11183\" title=\"in\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/in.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/in.jpeg 254w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/in-150x116.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Guitarist\u00a0<a title=\"Steve Jones (musician)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Jones_(musician)\">Steve Jones<\/a>\u00a0plays a detective who &#8211; through a series of set piece acts &#8211; uncovers the truth about the band. Drummer\u00a0<a title=\"Paul Cook\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Cook\">Paul Cook<\/a>\u00a0and bass guitarist\u00a0<a title=\"Sid Vicious\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sid_Vicious\">Sid Vicious<\/a>\u00a0play smaller roles, and the band&#8217;s manager,\u00a0<a title=\"Malcolm McLaren\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malcolm_McLaren\">Malcolm McLaren<\/a>, is featured as \u00abThe Embezzler\u00bb, the man who manipulates the Sex Pistols. Fugitive train robber\u00a0<a title=\"Ronnie Biggs\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronnie_Biggs\">Ronnie Biggs<\/a>, performer\u00a0<a title=\"Edward Tudor-Pole\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Tudor-Pole\">Edward Tudor-Pole<\/a>\u00a0and actress\u00a0<a title=\"Irene Handl\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irene_Handl\">Irene Handl<\/a>\u00a0also make appearances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The movie tells a stylised fictional account of the formation, rise and subsequent breakup of the band, from the point of view of their then-manager Malcolm McLaren. In the film, McLaren claims to create the Sex Pistols and manipulate them to the top of the music business, using them as puppets to both further his own agenda (in his own words &#8211; \u00abchaos\u00bb), and to claim the financial rewards from the various record labels the band were signed to during their brief history &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"EMI\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/EMI\">EMI<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"A&amp;M Records\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%26M_Records\">A&amp;M<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Virgin Records\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virgin_Records\">Virgin<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"Warner Bros. Records\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warner_Bros._Records\">Warner Bros. Records<\/a>. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<em>[Wikipedia]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oCpannIq1uQ\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thelondonreadingclub.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/04\/absolute-beginners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15371\" title=\"Abeginners\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Abeginners.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Abeginners.gif 193w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Abeginners-150x101.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4\u00a0 \u00a0ABSOLUTE \u00a0 BEGINNERS<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Julian Temple<\/strong>&#8216;s musical adaptation of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonfictions.com\/colin-macinnes-absolute-beginners.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Colin MacInnes<\/strong><\/a>&#8216; novel about life in late 1950s London.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">19 year-old photographer Colin (Eddie O&#8217;Connell) is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette (Patsy Kensit), but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time, while, racial tension is brewing in Colin&#8217;s Notting Hill housing estate&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o_cHvtPB2dY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Bowie<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u21d3<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4sLaCxPmsgo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/><strong>I&#8217;ve nothing much to offer<\/strong><br \/><strong>There&#8217;s nothing much to take<\/strong><br \/><strong>I&#8217;m an absolute beginner<\/strong><br \/><strong>And I&#8217;m absolutely sane<\/strong><br \/><strong>As long as we&#8217;re together<\/strong><br \/><strong>The rest can go to hell<\/strong><br \/><strong>I absolutely love you<\/strong><br \/><strong>But we&#8217;re absolute beginners<\/strong><br \/><strong>With eyes completely open<\/strong><br \/><strong>But nervous all the same<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If our love song<a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonfictions.com\/colin-macinnes-absolute-beginners.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-15372\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/AbsBeg.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong>Could fly over mountains<\/strong><br \/><strong>Could laugh at the ocean<\/strong><br \/><strong>Just like the films<\/strong><br \/><strong>There&#8217;s no reason<\/strong><br \/><strong>To feel all the hard times<\/strong><br \/><strong>To lay down the hard lines<\/strong><br \/><strong>It&#8217;s absolutely true<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nothing much could happen<\/strong><br \/><strong>Nothing we can&#8217;t shake<\/strong><br \/><strong>Oh we&#8217;re absolute beginners<\/strong><br \/><strong>With nothing much at stake<\/strong><br \/><strong>As long as you&#8217;re still smiling<\/strong><br \/><strong>There&#8217;s nothing more I need<\/strong><br \/><strong>I absolutely love you<\/strong><br \/><strong>But we&#8217;re absolute beginners<\/strong><br \/><strong>But if my love is your love<\/strong><br \/><strong>We&#8217;re certain to succeed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If our love song<\/strong><br \/><strong>Could fly over mountains<\/strong><br \/><strong>Sail over heartaches<\/strong><br \/><strong>Just like the films<\/strong><br \/><strong>There&#8217;s no reason<\/strong><br \/><strong>To feel all the hard times<\/strong><br \/><strong>To lay down the hard lines<\/strong><br \/><strong>It&#8217;s absolutely true\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00f7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f7<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4 \u00a0John Schlesinger&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0 \u21d3 \u00a0\u00abTerminus\u00bb [1961]<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fx_lUCgC-Jo\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>John Schlesinger<\/strong>&#8216;s outstanding \u00abfly on the wall\u00bb film about a day in the life of <strong>Waterloo Station<\/strong>. It was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Documentary. As well as being a masterpiece of film it has a magnificent soundtrack composed by Ron Grainer (who later composed the Doctor Who theme).<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a4 London &#8211; The Modern Babylon <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Directed by Julien Temple | UK 2012 | Colour, black and white | 128min | <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">British director Julien Temple (Absolute Beginners, The Great Rock and Roll Swindle) has released a new documentary called London &#8211; The Modern Babylon, exploring the history of his hometown [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":13824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178,272],"tags":[299],"class_list":["post-13823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","category-film-directors","tag-blighty","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13823"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51561,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13823\/revisions\/51561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}