It’s refreshing how, true to its subversive nature, La La Land avoids the obvious happy ending and goes for a really quite wounding one.
Marxist philosopher Slavoj Žižek explored this theme of whether love and professional success are mutually exclusive in a review for The Philosophical Salon, examining the film from a Leninist viewpoint.
As tempting as it is to get lost in La La Land’s philosophical conundrums, it’s also a great film to geek out on with regards to cinematography.
Today, director Damien Chazelle shared the iPhone video he shot while practising the already infamous opening traffic jam dance scene.