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md:max-w-article-body lg:mx-100"><div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">Full disclosure: is jt possible that <em>La La Land </em>is not for you. <a href=">Damien Chazelle</a>'s follow-up to his Osr-wng breakout film <em>Whiplash</em> got such rapturo rpons s early ftival releas that started to sound like a perfect movie, pable of wng over even the worst curmudgeons. (Further proof: It won over the Washgton D.C. and New York Film Crics llectiv, which both named the bt film of 2016.) But the early screengs were largely for a select crowd of termed ftivalgoers and dtry profsnals who've chosen reers makg, marketg, or jt talkg about the movi. In other words, the people who ially saw and loved <em>La La Land</em>, and hailed as 2016's likely Bt Picture ontnner, are s target dience. It's openly aimed at cephil who regnize the overt referenc to <em>Sg' the Ra, Wt Si Story</em>, and <em>The</em> <em>Umbrellas Of Cherbourg. </em>It's meant for viewers who feel a ltle ternal flutter when characters stroll across a stud backlot, surround by the acutrements of moviemakg, then burst to song and dance.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">Not everyone lov mils, though, and <em>La La Land</em> won't sce anyone who thks <em>The Sound of Mic</em> is grotquely rny, or that <em>Umbrellas of Cherbourg</em> is some dty old foreign film where nothg much happens. But for people who do love those movi, and the unselfnscly joyo romantic ials they reprent, <em>La La Land </em>is a glor feast for the ey and the soul. Its plete lack of rtrat, cynicism, or self-nscns v viewers to drop their own rervatns and jt feel the big, broad emotns as they're played out on-screen, through memorable songs and elaborate fantasy sequenc.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent clear-both block"><div class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup my-40"><p><iame width="853" height="480" src=" ameborr="0"></iame></p></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">The players are jazz pianist Sebastian (Ryan Goslg) and barista-slash-actrs Mia (Emma Stone), two LA rints who are past ready for some kd of big break. Sebastian is a prcipled jazz fan who rag at any ht of promise, and whose latt rtrant gig, dutifully plkg out ral-wallpaper Christmas rols a classy rtrant, don't last long. (He's workg for an equally unpromisg owner played by <em>Whiplash </em>Osr-wner J.K. Simmons, a wk-wk meo.) But Sebastian dreams of buyg a famo historil jazz club, and re-creatg s glory days. Mia, meanwhile, works at a nteen on the Warner Bros. lot, dutifully endurg awful dns and endls self-doubts.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">Together, they go through all the ual rom- motns: they meet cute, exasperate each other, and exprs all wh mutual needlg and snappy banter. But all the biggt nflicts a mil eventually turn to dancg, and om dancg, Sebastian and Mia segue to datg. Soon, Mia's practily ph Sebastian to tourg wh a hugely popular band, playg mic he hat for a bandlear (John Legend) he nsirs a sellout. Meanwhile, Sebastian's reckls enthiasm bolsters Mia to qutg her job to wre and stage her own one-woman play, regardls of the nsequenc. Both of them are livg out a certa form of the artistic dream — she's followg her me whout seekg anyone else's approval, he's got a lucrative and steady gig, where dotg dienc cheer for him every night. But neher of them are happy, bee they're embracg each other's ia of succs, at the expense of their own.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent clear-both block"><div class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup my-40"><p><q class="left">The choreography is one of the film's biggt assets</q></p></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe"><em>La La Land</em>'s first act sets up Mia and Sebastian's relatnship wh a terrific mixture of energy and gravy, as they banter, flirt, and dance through one classilly staged pas ux after another. (Choreographer Mandy Moore has been a regular ntributor on petn shows like <em>Dancg Wh The Stars</em> and <em>So You Thk You Can Dance</em>, and her mastery of tight, precisn Astaire-and-Rogers ordated movement is one of the film's biggt assets.) The story falters a b after that, shg some sequenc, and leapg forward time a way that pletely chang the film's tone and tempo. To Chazelle's cred, he rists the most obv story beats, and his unnventnal story sets up a powerhoe fal sequence that's signed to wrg maximum tears out of the dience, while lettg them appreciate the cunng nstctn. Like <em>Whiplash</em>, <em>La La Land </em>is forceful and unpromisg about the emotns wants viewers to feel. And like <em>Whiplash</em>, mic as an endlsly effective weapon agast any possible ristance.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">It also self-aware humor, a vivid ndy-lored palette, and a seri of inic LA settgs, om the Angels Flight funicular to Griffh Observatory, where <em>Rebel Whout A Cse</em> set s most famo sequence. Chazelle is open about his referenc: one of the many approvg nods to Old Hollywood, Sebastian and Mia watch <em>Rebel </em> a theater before headg to the observatory. In their first dance, Sebastian even do a ltle whirl around a nveniently placed lamppost, a llback to <em>Sg' the Ra</em>. This is a movie of hat-tips, almost more of a meta-mil than an pennt story.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent clear-both block"><div class="my-9"><div class="transn-all duratn-300 ease--out"><div class="fixed set-0 h-[110vh] w-full bg-whe transn-all duratn-300 ease--out z-[-1] cursor-flt opacy-0"></div><div role="button" aria-label="Zoom" tabx="0" class="visible z-30 w-full orig-center transn-all duratn-300 ease--out cursor-zoom-"><figure class="transn-all duratn-300 ease--out lg:mx-0"><div><div class="duet--media--ntent-warng relative" style="paddg-top:52.55952380952381%"><span style="box-sizg:borr-box;display:block;overflow:hidn;width:ial;height:ial;background:none;opacy:1;borr:0;marg:0;paddg:0;posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0"><img alt="La La Land" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" dg="async" data-nimg="fill" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver"/><noscript><img alt="La La Land" loadg="lazy" dg="async" data-nimg="fill" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver" siz="(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 744px" srcSet="(840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 376w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 384w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 415w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 480w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 540w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 640w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 750w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 828w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 1080w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 1200w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 1440w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 1920w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 2048w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 2400w" src="(840x441:841x442):format(webp)/"/></noscript></span></div></div></figure></div><div class="z-1 w-full hidn"><figure class="transn-all duratn-300 ease--out lg:mx-0"><div><div class="duet--media--ntent-warng relative" style="paddg-top:52.55952380952381%"><span style="box-sizg:borr-box;display:block;overflow:hidn;width:ial;height:ial;background:none;opacy:1;borr:0;marg:0;paddg:0;posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0"><img alt="La La Land" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" dg="async" data-nimg="fill" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver"/><noscript><img alt="La La Land" loadg="lazy" dg="async" data-nimg="fill" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver" siz="(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 744px" srcSet="(840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 376w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 384w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 415w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 480w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 540w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 640w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 750w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 828w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 1080w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 1200w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 1440w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 1920w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 2048w, (840x441:841x442):format(webp)/ 2400w" src="(840x441:841x442):format(webp)/"/></noscript></span></div></div></figure></div></div></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">But that, too, was spired by <em>Sg' the Ra — </em>which was parodyg Even Olr Hollywood, while matag a heavy dose of affectn for as a more nocent and enthiastic era of movie magic. Both films sk ep to ializatn and nostalgia. And both are full of -jok and referenc, but still endlsly earnt about emotns, and enthiastic about the physily of dance. <em>La La Land </em>is sentially this century's <em>Sg' the Ra</em>, om the showy dance numbers to the vividly lored stum to the cheeky humor.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">The biggt difference is that Goslg and Stone largely lack the force of personaly Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds brought to <em>Sg' the Ra</em>. Their voic make them odd choic for a full-sle mil: Goslg's is gravelly and shy, and Stone's is mostly the kd of high, thready whisper that earned Helena Bonham Carter so much disda Tim Burton's <em>Sweeney Todd</em>. When 's fally time for Stone to belt, she belts, and 's a wonrful moment. The thematic reasons Chazelle held her back sudnly bee clear. But too much of the film's ntime leav her whispery, unrstated mo. Still, the two of them have a terrific physil prence, and they handle the mands of the dance well enough to erase uncertaty about their uncerta voic.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent clear-both block"><div class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup my-40"><p><q class="center">The giddy energy of a director g back om a major succs</q></p></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">It remas to be seen whether <em>La La Land </em>n whstand the tt of time, the way s spiratns have. But Chazelle suggts he isn't terted history so much as livg the moment, and creatg somethg that says what he wants to say about the specific uplift of classic Hollywood mils. The craft of <em>La La Land</em> is impecble, om the energetilly active mera to the stagg and productn sign that re-creat the past whout feelg dated. But there's a reckls cks to the productn as well, an attu that says "The dience is on our si here. We'll py whatever we want, be as broad and unsubtle as we want, and skip ahead at random, to whatever part of the story terts most." This is the giddy energy of a director g back om a major succs, and seizg on the eedom to play wh whatever toys he wants.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">There's a flippant exchange partway through <em>La La Land </em>where Mia worri about her one-woman show: "It feels really nostalgic to me." "That's the pot," Sebastian tells her. "Are people gog to like ?" she asks. And he giv her a manic gr and says "Fuck 'em." They're obvly talkg more about Chazelle's productn than Mia's, and this moment, Chazelle is remdg the dience that he don't really re if some people the theater aren't on board. His stars are dancg through a faiar playground, and 's enough that anyone who remembers the mov and the feelgs is ved to e along for the ri.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe"><em>This review origally appeared on September 14, 2016 njunctn wh the film's screengs at the Toronto Internatnal Film Ftival. 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