Romance doesnt seem real without a little touch of the blues.
(Listen to the movies transporting theme song, City of Stars, sung by Gosling,here.)
Musicals allow you to forgo logic in favor of emotion and beauty and thats what we hoped to do.
Credit: Dale Robinette
And though the film is set entirely in Los Angeles, Chazelle loved this images autumnal feel.
Plus the river reminds me ofAn American in Paris, when Gene Kelly and Leslie Carondance by the Seine.
So its a combination of a bunch of things I love crammed into one image.
La La Landopens in theaters and not a moment too soon on Dec. 9.
And dont forget to breathe.
