La La Land


Anyone else think this movie was an influence on La La Land? Both are musicals with a romance involving a jazz musician that doesn't work out. There's a ton of differences obviously.

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Yes, it occurred to me too.

Since Chazelle was borrowing elements from classic musicals to make his movie, this might be very intentional.

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For sure. Change NY to LA. Both couples have talent. Both are telling gritty stories and both use the trick of a fantasy sequence that provides a false happy ending.

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