"La La Land" is a movie that seldom fascinates the crowd in the trailer this year. Therefore, many people use "word-of-mouth explosion", "sweep the awards ceremony", "magic work", "so far", and other words without thought. As for me, I won't follow the Internet, a good movie is a good movie, but I will use the so-called "burst" with caution. As far as special effects are "exploding" the world today, although musicals are getting more and more sluggish, only Disney completes the rhythm of an animated musical almost every year according to quality and quantity, and other musicals have been lackluster in recent years. In fact, not only musicals, but also historical war films have gradually fallen into a slump in recent years. Last year, only Spielberg's "Bridge of Spies" could come up with it, and the year before last, only Brad Pitt's "Fury" could make a difference. This year, Hollywood feels that the classics are returning. Not only are there hot-blooded traditional World War II war films such as "Blood Battle Hacksaw Ridge", but also maverick independent films such as "Moonlight", and now we are going to talk about the musical "" La La Land". Musical films are a classic genre in Hollywood. During the Great Depression in the United States in 1930, Americans vigorously developed dreamy musicals in order to escape reality. So gradually there are the classic "Song in the Rain", "West Side Story", "The Wizard of Oz". And the world-renowned Sound of Music. It was a glorious memory of a musical.
As for now, the closest to us is 2012's "Les Miserables", the expectations are high, the response is mediocre, everyone remembers only Annie. In 2002, the musical "Chicago" accidentally won the Oscar for Best Picture, but the musical was so well done that it asked me to compare it with the current "La La Land". "Chicago" is in the story. Sex will be better than "La La Land". (Sorry, the third brother is going to be angry at this time. Indian musicals are a flower in the midst of wonderful flowers. There is a chance to open up a special path to talk about Bollywood Indian musicals.)
In short, after 14 years, 2016's "La La Land" once again brought musical films to the forefront. As of the date of my writing, the 2017 Golden Globes have just released the nominations. La La Land leads with seven nominations. Key words: look and feel. Let’s talk about the look and feel first. The director is very good at using long shots. At the beginning of the film, a road closure performance was completed in one shot, which was amazing. The color scheme of the film is impressive. If the story scene is placed in Paris, romantic cities such as Europe, the light and color can be adjusted to be very beautiful, which is naturally not surprising.
But the story is set in Los Angeles, a blurry, chaotic, rapidly expanding city. There are not many directors who can make Los Angeles so beautiful. But director Damisha did it. As the director said in an interview, Los Angeles is not like Paris, where exquisite beauty can be seen everywhere on the surface, but the beauty of Los Angeles needs to be peeled off layer by layer like an onion to dig.
The story is divided into paragraphs according to the four seasons of the season, starting from winter, winter-spring-summer-ball-winter, and finally back to winter. A story completes the annual rings. The male protagonist is a jazz fanatic who is underappreciated and has been working in a small bar. The heroine is a young woman who is struggling in her acting career.
The two travelers who are both on the road of dreams, get to know each other and create a spark of love. There are no novel points in the story in the first three quarters of the film. The routines of these stories have been performed thousands of times in love movies, but the singing and dancing are quite pleasing to the eye. In the last quarter of the film, the direction of the story allows the characters to make multiple-choice questions, the choice of love and dreams, the farewell to the future and the past, and the compromise of life and romance. The characters clearly see what they want and what they pursue, and finally say goodbye quietly, shake hands calmly for their past, meet again in five years, and smile enough to show the regrets left by the unfinished story. or select. The most touching point is the heroine singing "the fools who dream" to the audition director. Bring tears to your eyes. This is the greatest tribute to those who have dreams. In "La La Land", many scenes pay tribute to classic musical movies, such as "Sing in the Rain" with the classic action of spinning around the street lights. At the same time, it also paid tribute to "1940's Broadway Melody", "Band Wagon" and so on. In terms of visual style, the director followed the two films "The Umbrella of Cherbourg" and "Liu Mei Hua Jiao". No wonder it looked familiar.
Key words: Director Director Damisha Chazelle is also a director who chases dreams (who is not). In 2010, he began to write the script of "La La Land", but he was still so far away from his movie dream at that time, and many investors were reluctant to invest in him. After all, everyone is not a fool, a musical movie, or jazz, or an unknown director, and now that musical films are so sluggish, who should watch it? ! In the words of Hollywood people, cabaret jazz has become an "extinct genre".
So, while Damisa Chazelle was writing La La Land, a short film, Popping Drummer, came out in 2013. As everyone should know, this is the predecessor of the 2014 movie "Blacking Drummer".
Because the short film "Boom Drummer" got a good response, it finally attracted investment filmmakers, but in the middle of the process, the investment filmmakers asked to replace jazz with rock. And the investment is only $1 million (can you imagine what movies can be made with $1 million now....). But in the end, Damisha Chazelle managed to find an investment, and in the end the film "Boom Drummer" won more than $50 million at the box office at a cost of $3.3 million. Also nominated for 5 Oscars, word of mouth and box office win. At this time, "La La Land" was put on the screen, just around the corner. Investing can also be a lot easier. Key words: The actor originally, the male lead originally ordered was Miles, that is, the male lead of the popping drummer. However, due to scheduling issues and remuneration issues, the last two did not reach a deal. In fact, Miles complained when he starred in "The Bursting Drummer", and he almost missed the 2013 film "Dogs of War."
And this time, when he wanted to appear in "La La Land", he also encountered a scheduling problem (it seems that you are very popular), so the gossip magazine said that Miles offered a sky-high salary. The director, of course, was very angry and decided to drop Miles. Miles also personally texted and scolded the director. He also clarified that he did not ask for a sky-high salary at all. I just want to say, who knows if it's true or not, in short, it's better if the male protagonist is not Miles, Keke. So the actor chose Ryan Gosling. He was very touched by the story of the movie. Because in the movie, there is a scene where the heroine is auditioning, and someone actually came to deliver it in the middle! outside! Sell! (coffee and burgers). This completely breaks the actor's mood. This is the personal experience of actor Ryan Gosling. When he was not popular, he auditioned everywhere on the set, and often a delivery boy would come to deliver food, interrupting his mood for audition performance. It's like you're shitting. Immediately, a wave of flying will be ready to go. The expression on your face is very good, and it will come out when it comes out! Suddenly someone opens the toilet, and it's embarrassing to touch up makeup next to you as if nothing happened. As for the heroine, it was originally planned to be Emma Watson, Harry Potter's little public move, she is actually not bad, but it is still a matter of schedule, and it was changed to Emma Stone.
Emma Stone's acting skills have been impressive in "Birdman", and her performance in "La La Land" is no problem. To this end, Emma Stone also worked hard to learn dance (nonsense). Emma Stone is also the same as many A, B, C, and Ding Hengdian Dream Travelers. At the age of 15, I started auditioning constantly, and I gradually climbed up. Only have today's glorious side.
This is really a true portrayal of dreams into reality. It's just that the dream was poured into "La La Land", and the cruel reality is still between you and me for the time being. Therefore, on the first night of watching "La La Land", I didn't plan to write a formal film review, but wrote a soft essay: A tribute to the dream of love and those who are still on the road . It's a small story based on a true story. If you are interested, you can click on it (shy).
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