Acquaintance

Casimer 2022-04-22 07:01:02

From a 4:3 black and white frame painting to a Technicolor widescreen, it pays homage to the classic Hollywood movies. Under the package of musical dramas, men and women meet and know each other by fate; the obscure coffee waiter dreams of being a star, the jazz keyboard player is obsessed with outdated artistic persistence, and the Hollywood purple is drunk and gold fans. It is a bumpy road to pursue dreams, similar to Singin' in the Rain (1952) and A Star is Born (1954). In the opening scene, under the bright sun, traffic jams the road, people dance, and the first move is ahead; the night is long, the street lights are dim, the duplicitous duet sings, sparks and cuts through the loneliness; a song "City of Stars", which runs through the whole film, The melody is winding and exciting. The stage of DreamWorks is like a phantom, the moving camera movements, and the long shots in one go, blurring the boundary between reality and fantasy; at the end of the reunion, a song affects a dream. (An American in Paris, 1951) last seventeen minutes of ballet. Hollywood turned out to be a dream, with gains and losses. The past is over, I looked back and smiled, but I regretted that there was no way to eliminate this situation, so I raised my brows, but turned to my heart.

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La La Land quotes

  • Sebastian: I'm letting life hit me until it gets tired. Then I'll hit back. It's a classic rope-a-dope.

  • Sebastian: You're a barista? I can see how you can look down on me from all the way up there.