Anyone seen the UK reggae film BABYLON?

guy_alcindorguy_alcindor 621 Posts
edited April 2005 in Strut Central
Just wondering, I've been wanting to see this for the last couple of years, and never seen it for rent, even at Rep shops. I've seen it go for loot on the bay, but have heard it's an incredible account of late 70s sound system culture in London...

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  • alieNDNalieNDN 2,181 Posts
    sounds godamn interesting. thanks for making me aware of it.

  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    Just wondering, I've been wanting to see this for the last couple of years, and never seen it for rent, even at Rep shops. I've seen it go for loot on the bay, but have heard it's an incredible account of late 70s sound system culture in London...


    After reading the Lloyd Bradley book, Bass Culture, which goes into the story of - and hypes - this film quite a bit, I went looking for it myself...only found PAL VHS tapes on the net from the UK, and all the hipster rental spots in my area came up empty, even on the special order. Maybe if you wrote to one of the sketchy bootleg type internet spots that reissue rare movies, they could dig one up for you.

  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
    Just wondering, I've been wanting to see this for the last couple of years, and never seen it for rent, even at Rep shops. I've seen it go for loot on the bay, but have heard it's an incredible account of late 70s sound system culture in London...


    I've not seen it for years now, but it's a great film and a classic of British cinema. It's not the most complex of plots, but there are some good, strong performances. It's basically about a bunch of soundboys hustling to make their name on the circuit, and the kind of shit they, and young black men generally, had to deal with in the UK at the turn of the 1980's, when the social and political climate took a sharp turn for the worse. It's only ever been available on VHS, but I'm sure there are bootleg DVDs around by now. Why it's never had a legitimate DVD release is beyond me.
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