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12 men :=")!

I can't hear them speak so 'Zero'

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Wow, that's truly incredible! I can't believe you met him. How did you manage to meet him?

After watching Babylon, my interest in meeting the co-stars heightened. During my search, I came across an interview where Brad mentioned that he interacts with his dedicated fans through Radiant Reservation. This sparked my curiosity, as I had numerous questions about Hollywood that I wanted to explore.

while conducting my research, I discovered an exclusive club organized by Radiant Reservation. As a privileged member of this club, you have a unique opportunity to meet your desired celebrity. Brad Pitt dedicates time at the end of each month to personally engage with active club members who support his foundation and are investors in his related movie franshise.

I discovered the Radiant Reservation community, which specializes in coordinating arrangements between celebrities/public figures and private organizations. Their exceptional support makes them a valuable resource for these types of collaborations.

That sounds truly fascinating! I'm genuinely interested in the possibility of joining the club. Thank you so much for sharing this information with me. Indeed, it offers an exceptional opportunity for fans like us.

The way he goes upstairs and enters to his room to end his own life is like he's putting one more silent performance.

This is one of the reasons why I like a visually narrated movie that only has speaking when whatever is happening isn't obvious to see

I’m not sure about that, I think I would love to see something I helped create grow beyond me and take off on its own. But I guess it also depends on whether or not you’re prepared to let go at that point… and if you have something else to hold on to, to create meaning in your life

Imagine parents when they are forgotten by their children

Imagine that very thing coming back to enslave and kill you….

That's literally having kids you dummy

@@darrensmith6504 yea, that never gets old….

And that pleasant little reminder; is what Jack bows out on. His last human connection, is a short, pleasant exchange with that Bellhop. I bet the guy will never forget this night.

So true. For me it was when he put the money in the bellboy's hand and said "future's yours" it only occured to me then that he wanted to go.

Never saw the movie, never even heard of it but as soon as he said I’m tired and started reminiscing about him being behind what he considered the joyful part of his then started saying goodbye and over tipping, I felt it was pretty obvious what was coming.

Yeah and the white towel and bath tub i knew soon it would have been stained with red.

You could see it when the life drained from his face. Also when he gave bellhop his bank roll...I mean that spelled it out.

Restlessness, not happy with ones self

And I can't believe he's won an Oscar. He always plays the same guy.

​@@gazzoob6953fym lmao

@@johncash5940 I actually really liked him the most in 'Kalifornia' with Duchovny and Lewis. That's the only time when I didn't have the feeling that I'm watching Brad Pitt.

@@gazzoob6953 theres a truth in this I never really thought of. Though some nice moviechoices hes made in his career, therefore it kind of mask hes more or less one dimensional acting.

​@@gazzoob6953yeah not like Katahrine Hepburn who won 4 Oscars by playing basically the same character 👍

Maybe it's because love and melancholy are more felt there❤

it’s possible it’s because of this film’s 1920s aesthetic which was influenced by Parisian high society. Perhaps there is some sort of familiarity with the visuals that french audiences are drawn to.

kinda reminds me of the tone in Casino. they are on top of the world in the beginning and its just devolves into a sad mess in the end.

And the previous dialogue with the journalist.

​​​​​@@sadaomuraki3143For me it was the ending combined with these scenes, plus the beginning coke talk with Nellie. There director Chazelle, through Manny's mouth explains his passion for cinema and how he wanted to become a part of something bigger! In the end we see the future of cinema and cinema connects people one to another through empathy, Manny (director) realizes he is not alone and that his work was WORTH it. That's why his melancholic tears turn into a smile in awe. He sees the transition he literally experienced in the industry inside an another era film he watches. And then the montage and the film Babylon begins to celebrate art and life and cinema itself! Through art, Manny becomes immortal embedded in celluloid film. So is Chazelle and his crew and actors of the film! Very meta! This movie reminded how much i love cinema and the reason of it! (Im a filmmaker too.)

this and Nellie’s final scene that is so dreadful as well. when he leaves you have this feeling that she’s going to leave him and when she gets out of the car to do so it felt horrible because he was holding onto so much hope for a relationship that i don’t think either of them could handle. i think her leaving him was a very mature decision because she knew she wasn’t good for him. but what gets me is that final shot of her physically and metaphorically dancing into the dark and away from the spotlight. such a powerful scene

cause just like that era our time is over... something else is birthing

i hated the ending. really shoved tue whole theme of the movie down our throats as if we hadnt been paying attention for the last 3 hours… “get it guys? its a movie about MOVIES”

This film was a "beautiful mess", and the "mess" part- inconsistent tones (from dark comedy to meta-parody to serious melodrama to realism to meta-parody again!), underdeveloped characters, unnecessarily long tangents- could have been cleaned up! If this was deliberate, ok, fine! But it could have been a masterpiece.

This was beautifully put. I love your perception on film. Wonderful analysis!

@@calebbreeze6142 aww thanks! If nothing else, this is a film that has stuck with me ever since I saw it, and for all its flaws (of which there are plenty), I absolutely love it.

Yessss

Adore this movie

Exactly same knew he was going to end his life

My favorite actor of all time.

If anyone thinks the same way about Brad Pitt as his character in Babylon, they lost the plot. He's one of the finest actors ever. How many movies do you see Brad Pitt instead of the character?

Totally. I feel like Brad has always been a very good actor and worked hard for it but at the start he was not taken seriously since he was seen by the industry as the heartrob. So he took a risky path and played roles of deep and complex characters in order to be taken seriously. His beauty is a luck but it was also a curse. Eventually it ended well. Now he is an a-list actor. One of the best. I admire his braveness and work ethic. He proved he is more than the media portrayed of him.

Kind of like Westray in The Counselor. Loved that character.

. etc well said- lv this film cnt li- cörex2-

He's very dashing still!

@@PhilosophyLines Absolutely, and I believe he will be until way into his old age. Brad Pitt is still incredibly successful, but it’s just that it hits you to see him in a role like this. One of his first movies I saw was Se7en, where he gets a comment like “is this kid even 30?”, it hits me a bit that we’re getting older too.

He’s the Paul Newman of this era.

I feel that way about George Clooney. He seems to be aging more gracefully than Pitt@@kellyharper8072

Never that. He’ll age like fine wine ❤

The context is really depressing when you know it. He was a popular actor in the silent era of film and made a huge impact on the genre but with the introduction of sound he got left in the past. In the end, he was abandoned by the industry and audiences which ultimately led to the hopelessness in this scene. A pioneer of his craft ending up being forgotten. Truly tragic.

@@muhammaddost6089 I’ll have to check this out. It’s out of my usual wheelhouse but man that performance got me. That is an interesting topic. I imagine it’s a story that has had many iterations when you think about it. Radio to TV. Silent films to talkies. Movie industry to KZfaq, etc….probably a lot of sad stories throughout the transition.

But why would he think this is over, many entertainers have changed with the times to be remembered forever. It must have been too much for him to bare, and he couldn’t see a future with him in it. He also looks his heart was broken. Sad scene.

@@muhammaddost6089 I've read and heard many sad stories of early pioneers of Hip Hop, Punk, Metal, Folk and of course Jazz who watched a genre they helped innovate blow up but died in obscurity and abject poverty before they could benefit (monetarily) from it. This is the story of life, though.

@@mikekolb3912i mean there’s a scene when he went to see a film with him in it and the audience made fun of him. Which signed his death card and you’re right. His contribution to cinema will always be remembered as also said in the film. It’s sad overall that this happens to actors today like Jenna Ortega or Miley Cyrus😢😢

I think Diego carried it but Brad and Margot were also awesome

This isn’t tragedy. He just got old after a life of riches and fame lol

@@aaronsanders6162he lost the one thing he had ever a passion for. He lost his will to live

It’s only because it’s abstract and the rotten tomatoes people like straight forward movies their undeveloped brains can understand

yeah cuz theres no explosions or quippy dialogue. I suspect if brad pitt had uttered a bazinga here and there this movie would recieve critical acclaim.

@@benpieratt8667this movie is not that complicated, relax.

@@thereviewracoon it's a film about cinema made by people who love cinema, that's reason enough, isn't it?

@@thereviewracoon oh ok, well yes I encourage you to see it !

He's had waaaay better roles than Once. I think they gave him that Oscar as 'We should've given you one so much sooner' type of thing. Well deserved, like Leo, but it came way later than it should've.

for me, it was about my own look on life, and the problems i have with it, now that i am getting 50. the rearview mirror is getting bigger and bigger. all the good things seemed to have happend in the past. what good should come with 60 or 70. what i know is that i wanna go on my own terms. like he did. sorry maybe a little too deep;)))

@@breakshot7451Don’t kill yourself bro. You still got many golden years ahead of you

You don't make any sense, but ok.

@@rocketdock11 hes saying "money can't buy happiness", and what hes relating to is literally the opposite of whats happening in this scene. its not that he couldnt find happiness, its his realization that his happy days were behind him. he kills himself because hes washed up and jaded, emotionally and professionally disconnected and empty with nothing ahead of him but mediocrity, just going through the motions while fading into obscurity

@@_REDMOND agree

people are interesting human beings. when we lack money it's the most important thing. When we have it - it's not important anymore.

@@_REDMOND hit the nail on the head.

Damn friend we seem to have pretty much the exact same taste in actors. I agree with everyone you mentioned.🤝 But tbh I wouldn't run to the cinema for EVERYTHING they put out lol. I will however eventually watch most of them at some point.😅

Or when Isabel 2 was shot.

i was going to say this

Agreed. Her character is more interesting in this scene (haven't seen the movie).

"...an excellent job and should have had a more developed role." That pretty much sums of the fate of the real Anna Mae Wong's life and career in Hollywood.

Booooo

That one is more shocking than sad; this one is depressingly sad because anyone can relate to what Jack was going through.

he had a few from Legends of The Fall that were more sad and tragic than either of these.

He didn't want to grow old in obscurity as the show went on without him.

@@leviathanmg exactly

You are not right. He was suicidal. That's why he... wait for it... committed suicide! He had more options. One of them, the optimal, was to adapt and overcome. But he was unwilling to do that. Maybe his reward system was broken, for once you get so much as he was getting during his heyday, just for giving others the privilege of his presence, a more normal existence was depressing to him.

​@@TheAxon8888This is absolutely correct.

lil bro had enough 💀💀

This film was a "beautiful mess", and the "mess" part- inconsistent tones (from dark comedy to meta-parody to serious melodrama to realism to meta-parody again!), underdeveloped characters (Lady Fay, Sydney), unnecessarily long tangents- could have been cleaned up! If this was deliberate, ok, fine! But it could have been a masterpiece.

Just like the big lebowski, that's now a cult movie without any award or oscar nominee

So uhh, how are normal people supposed to feel about their work? 95% of us don't "move up", not really. We're just cogs and then we retire and are immediatly forgotten. I see it all the time. IDK it just feels like movies have to add so much weight to stuff that people easily trivialize and healthily compartmentalize and live with

@@hansolo631 Is the inability to dedicate your all to pursue something you find deeply meaningful truly a trivial issue or rather something that people trivialize as a coping mechanism? I feel like the average person has to cope with giving up on their dreams at a certain point in their life not necessarily because it is the 'correct' thing to do, but because it is the only way to preserve their sanity. Also, I think part of the reason why there are so many movies based around an obsessive pursuit of passion(almost all of Chazelle's movies share this quality) is because they're written by people who have overcome all odds to achieve their own dreams and so they deeply relate to that feeling.

Life is worth living. Jesus.

I totally get what you’re saying but in a way. He could’ve worked with the times like many actors today. It was probably something of their time or sticking with the gimmick and inevitably accepting defeat that you’re old and everything you contribute is among the dust of time. But there’s always a speck someone catches and inspires them to further that style😢

He killed himself here

Pitt's character in the movie is a terrible actor who could get by on looks in silent films. The first time Pitt's character delivered dialogue in a with-sound film he was laughed at by the audience.

My interpretation of what Chazelle is saying is this: Jack Conrad believes in the art form of film so incredibly much that he is okay in dying with it. You see this from Jack on how he describes his life to his ex-wife who was huge on Broadway. He talks about that despite film being a poor art: it absolutely means something and is worth much more than rich people sitting in a theatre congratulating those in opulence. That he has to support and be convincing to millions of people than merely thousands. That he is a champion of sound and the constant progression of cinema. The talk with the journalist really set that for him, because he wasn't bad per se. He still had the movements, it was just the timing and pronunciation of his delivery. However, Jack knew he didn't have it in him to pursue the "high art of theatre" because it goes against what he truly believes in as an actor who champions cinema. But his friends are slowly disappearing, the Hays Code is imminent, the movie going audience already sees him as a joke in sound, and he's now being questioned by journalists if its even worth keeping around now. Jack now sees himself trapped in the house and this last conversation with Faye, who is escaping to Europe because of the Hays Code and her sexuality, see each other off. Jack accepts his fate, but at least he knows that when his films are released from the vault, he wakes up with the other angels and ghosts and put on a hell of a film.