Damien Chazelle released from “movie jail” to direct a movie about real jail
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Damien Chazelle was released from “movie jail” this afternoon after serving two years for the crime of directing Babylon. At CinemaCon, Paramount Pictures announced Damien Chazelle’s next movie would release in 2025. Ironically enough, it’s a movie about prison. Few bombs explode quite like Babylon did in 2022. Maybe it’s because the movie opens with a gaping elephant anus defecating right to the camera. Perhaps the only way to read such a shot is by assuming that its director, Damien...

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