2013
Not Rated
BFI Video
2 h 5 m

2013
Not Rated
BFI Video
2 h 5 m

Summary London – The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple’s epic time-travelling voyage to the heart of his 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. R...

Directed By: Julien Temple

Written By: Julien Temple

2013
Not Rated
BFI Video
2 h 5 m

2013
Not Rated
BFI Video
2 h 5 m

London - The Modern Babylon

Name: London - The Modern Babylon
Genre: Documentary, History, Music
Released: 2013-06-04
Duration: 2 min 5 s
Rating: 77
Cast: Keith Allen, Michael Gambon, Steve Jones, Bill Nighy, Andy Serkis

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Julien Temple

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Total Film

May 28, 2013

You’re left marvelling at London’s capacity for renewal and reinvention.

By Tom Dawson FULL REVIEW

Time Out London

May 28, 2013

This is a portrait of cycles and change. But the mood of the film suggests that we should be impressed that this ever-growing, ever-changing city of ours is still chasing after new versions of the modern.

By Dave Calhoun FULL REVIEW

The Telegraph

May 28, 2013

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

By Tim Robey FULL REVIEW

The Guardian

May 28, 2013

Temple's film is refreshingly free of cliché. A very heady experience.

By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

May 28, 2013

Temple and editor Caroline Richards demonstrate that the London mob (it can seem like there's been only one mob through the ages) time and again rescues the city from its complacency—and safeguards it from the suffocation of class-bound England.

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Production Company BBC Arts, BBC Film, Nitrate Films, The BFI

Release Date Jun 4, 2013

Duration 2 h 5 m

Rating Not Rated

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Awards

British Independent Film Awards

• 1 Nomination

London Critics Circle Film Awards

• 1 Nomination

Evening Standard British Film Awards

• 1 Nomination

London - The Modern Babylon

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Keith Allen

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Michael Gambon

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Steve Jones

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Bill Nighy

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Andy Serkis

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Imelda Staunton

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Julien Temple

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Juno Temple

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Hetty Bower

Self - 106 years

Charlotte Marsh

Self - Suffragette

Malcolm McLaren

Self - Media Manipulator

Barbara Cartland

Self - Queen of Romance

Tony Benn

Self - MP and Life Long Londoner

Brian Nicholson

Self - Dockers Union Man, quotations reader

Lil Snoddy

Self - Interviewee

Michael Horovitz

Self - Poetry Olympian

Molly Parkin

Self - Poet and Painter

Sam King

Self - Former Mayor of Southwark

Lord Kitchener

Self - Calypso Singer

Wilf Walker

Self - Music Promoter

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