La La Land (Original title)
Date: 2016 (Production)Countries: USA, Hong KongDirector: Damien Chazelle
Synopsis: Two young artists try to pursue their dreams in Los Angeles. Whem Mia, an aspiring actress and Sebastian, a jobbing pianist meet they fall in love. Their romance challenges their ambitions however, causing them to reflect on what they really want.Synopsis: Damien Chazelle's bitter-sweet love letter to the city of Los Angeles, the golden era of Hollywood musicals and the visual flair of French maestro Jacques Demy, is beyond glorious. It's a perfect confection with medicinal properties! Mia (Stone) is an aspiring actress, barely holding down a day job on a studio lot while juggling auditions for second-rate parts. Sebastian (Gosling) is a pianist who struggles to keep his job at a family restaurant where he plays freewheeling jazz instead of stale, cheesy favourites. Their fleeting first encounter during a traffic jam on an LA fly-over ripples with tension and holds little promise. (The opening sequence alone is a rapturous homage to West Side Story via 8½.) But after a series of blunders and mishaps, romance blooms. Stone and Gosling may well be the sprightliest pairing since Rogers and Astaire, and where Chazelle's first feature Whiplash (LFF2014) left us breathless and immobile, La La Land sends the heart racing and will have you dancing out of the cinema. That said, it's not all sugar and spice and happy-ever-after. There is a disconsolate undercurrent at the film's emotional core – a clear recognition that 'the chase' sometimes takes you away from 'the dream'. Reuniting composer Justin Hurwitz and editor Tom Cross, Chazelle's virtuosic direction is amplified by superb choreography and design.
Genres: Musical, Romance, Comedy
Subjects: Los Angeles, Ambition
Releases
Date: 07 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 130 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 16 December 2016Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.55:1Runtime: 128 mins 9 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Lionsgate
Date: 13 January 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.55:1Runtime: 128 mins 9 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Lionsgate UK
Date: May 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 128 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 2016 (Production)Countries: USA, Hong KongDirector: Damien Chazelle
Synopsis: Two young artists try to pursue their dreams in Los Angeles. Whem Mia, an aspiring actress and Sebastian, a jobbing pianist meet they fall in love. Their romance challenges their ambitions however, causing them to reflect on what they really want.Synopsis: Damien Chazelle's bitter-sweet love letter to the city of Los Angeles, the golden era of Hollywood musicals and the visual flair of French maestro Jacques Demy, is beyond glorious. It's a perfect confection with medicinal properties! Mia (Stone) is an aspiring actress, barely holding down a day job on a studio lot while juggling auditions for second-rate parts. Sebastian (Gosling) is a pianist who struggles to keep his job at a family restaurant where he plays freewheeling jazz instead of stale, cheesy favourites. Their fleeting first encounter during a traffic jam on an LA fly-over ripples with tension and holds little promise. (The opening sequence alone is a rapturous homage to West Side Story via 8½.) But after a series of blunders and mishaps, romance blooms. Stone and Gosling may well be the sprightliest pairing since Rogers and Astaire, and where Chazelle's first feature Whiplash (LFF2014) left us breathless and immobile, La La Land sends the heart racing and will have you dancing out of the cinema. That said, it's not all sugar and spice and happy-ever-after. There is a disconsolate undercurrent at the film's emotional core – a clear recognition that 'the chase' sometimes takes you away from 'the dream'. Reuniting composer Justin Hurwitz and editor Tom Cross, Chazelle's virtuosic direction is amplified by superb choreography and design.
Genres: Musical, Romance, Comedy
Subjects: Los Angeles, Ambition
Releases
Date: 07 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 130 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 16 December 2016Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.55:1Runtime: 128 mins 9 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Lionsgate
Date: 13 January 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.55:1Runtime: 128 mins 9 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Lionsgate UK
Date: May 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 128 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer