La La Land evaluation action
2021-10-13 18:32
Although the story of the film is relatively old-fashioned, in the presentation of audiovisual language, Director Cha Zelei used a lot of installation art, using color blocks, geometric shapes and light and dark divisions to make clear stylistic characteristics. In the choice of songs, he is also unique and uses music to tell stories.
The film is not perfect, but it is speechless in terms of style display and personality. The whole film is fascinating.
The film opened with a very ambitious traffic jam + long shots, and then the drivers got out of the car and started dancing happily, setting the overall tone for the film. It is divided into five paragraphs with "winter-spring-summer-autumn-winter" as the boundary. Although the story is just a simple "boy meets girl, they fall in love" common routine, but under the direction of Chazelei with super control, The fusion of jazz, swing dance, and even surreal elements has brought the song and dance film, a declining film genre, to life. Among them, the dances performed by the male and the female are inextricably beautiful, and the director's ability to control the film is really amazing.
Extended Reading
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Sebastian: I'm letting life hit me until it gets tired. Then I'll hit back. It's a classic rope-a-dope.
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Sebastian: You're a barista? I can see how you can look down on me from all the way up there.