Babylon
“It's not a low art, you know. I want you to know that. What I do means something to millions of people. My folks didn't have the money or the education to go to the theater, so they went to the vaudeville houses, and then the nickelodeons. And you know what? There's beauty there. What happens up on that screen means something. Maybe not to you in your ivory tower. But for real people on the ground, it means something.”
A modern day 3 hour+ epic that deserves its flowers and I think sooner rather than later its light will shine as younger generations look back on this sensational and outrageous work of art and see the beauty and meaning that today’s audience has largely dismissed. This film still blows my mind in every aspect.