
Return to Babylon
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Directed by Alex Monty Canawati
A playful, visually stylized silent film that satirizes the glamour and scandal of 1920s Hollywood through interconnected vignettes of its most iconic stars.
Scandals and pratfalls abound in this satirical and sexy look at the silent movie era, photographed with a hand-cranked camera and scored with music of the roaring twenties, this silent film strings together the lives of the most famous and infamous stars of the 1920s, including Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson, Clara Bow, Lupe Vélez, Fatty Arbuckle, and William Desmond Taylor.
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Is Return to Babylon scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.
Is Return to Babylon easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of films.
Is Return to Babylon sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.
Is Return to Babylon violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Does Return to Babylon end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
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