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article2017 Reviews, articleFilm Favourites,This bittersweet musical managed to be the feel-good movie of January and is a love letter to old-school Hollywood, jazz music, and the people that try to live their dreams!
Genre: Comedy/Drama/MusicalDirectors: Damien Chazelle
Cast: Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Callie Hernandez, Jessica Rothe, Sonoya Mizuno, Rosemarie DeWitt, Finn Wittrock, John Legend & J.K. Simmons.
Run Time: 128 min.
US Release: 25 December 2016
UK Release: 12 January 2017
German Release: 12 January 2017
I need to confess that I wasn’t looking forward to seeing this motion picture. I might not be the biggest fan of dramas but the musical genre is downright my least favourite category, with Le Miserable and Disney films being the only ones I own on blu-ray or DVD. La La Land, though, managed to put a smile on my face since the first scene! This was another fantastic picture that came out in theatres early January, here in Germany and was sold out for weeks to come. I was lucky to have gotten hold of a ticket for a preview showing, after that, anytime I wanted went out to watch it again, the showings had been sold out.
Mia (Stone) is an aspiring actress, working in a coffee shop and serving the stars while waiting for her big break. Jazz pianist Sebastian is scrapping every dime he can get by playing in restaurants and cocktail bars. Both start bumping into each other at a regular base and once they realise that they have more in common than they previously thought, a beautiful romance starts blossoming, in which both support each other's dreams no matter the chances of success.
Damien Chazelle, who conceived the idea for La La Land during his years as a student, finished writing the script in 2010, which is supposed to show the struggling life of artistic people in Los Angeles. Having a knack for jazz as well as playing the drums, Chazelle not only has a preference for musical films but also knows how to handle them. His fondness for jazz plays an important part in all three of his movies and while Whiplash focused on his experience as a jazz student at Princeton High School, La La Landcentred on Chazelle’s battle to try and pitch the script during the early stages of his career. No studio wanted to finance his musical since jazz was considered to be a dying art.
The other side of the narrative’s spectral line focuses on the film industry, which is painted through the eyes of a young aspiring actress who can’t land a role. The script romanticises Los Angeles and the old-school Hollywood of the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s and pays tribute to so many classics, such as Man with a Moving Cameraor Singing in the Rain. More impressively, Chazelle managed to blend successfully a world of magic and fantasy with a grounding and realistic story. It is also a love-letter to the artistic and passionate people who dare to follow their dreams.
Emma Stone plays Mia, the barista/actress who is trying to get her big break by going to auditions during every break she can obtain. She dropped out of university to follow her dream, which stems from her childhood memories. She is very passionate about the movie industry and Hollywood, although the people in it are treating her without respect.
Ryan Gosling is fantastic as fallen musician Sebastian. Just as Mia, he is incredibly passionate about jazz music but contrary to the young woman, his passion also fuels his anger for people’s misconception about jazz. He simply lives, and would probably give his life, for that genre, trying to save it and inform people about what that art of music really is about. He is also the tragic figure of this story, having nothing else to live for except his passion and dream until he meets Mia.
Once their relationship starts, you can see how both are filling out each other's personality gaps, as if being puzzle pieces that click perfectly together. Seb tries to push Mia to become more independent and self-assured, while she gives him something more to live for, apart from his music. Both characters learn though that to become successful they will need to make sacrifices and that is the biggest praise I can give this musical, as it does not sugarcoat the outcome of their decisions.
Linus Sandgren was director of photography for this picture and he did a marvellous job. The musical was shot on actual 35mm film, which helped to capture the bright and vivid colours that looked as if they might pop off the screen at any minute. Shooting the movie on actual film stock also gave the musical a magical touch that contrasts with the grounded story, and the combination of old-school looks with the present time setting enhance the picture’s charm. The dancing choreographies are perfect and were captured each in one take while using two cameras during dialogue scenarios that gave the actors more room to react organically to what they were saying to each other.
I loved the music composed by Justin Hurwitz, it was melancholically yet upbeat at the same time. The singing by the two lead actors might not have been always in tune but that didn’t hurt the movie, on the contrary, it gave it a little taint that suited it perfectly. I was really impressed with Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling’s singing voices!
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