
La La Land
2016Damien Chazelle129 min
Verdict: Home
- Action at the edges of the frame
- Bright, glare-proof image
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Genre
Viewing evidence
Attention
Technical basis
- A wide image, with more letterboxing on a 16:9 screen.