Video Reveals LA LA LAND's Classic Movie Influences

Damien Chazelle's La La Land isn't shy about showing off its influences from classic cinema, and one could argue that the film's stylistic flourishes are a big part of the reason it resonated in such a big way with the Academy; it earned 14 Oscar nominations earlier this week, tying it with All About Eve and Titanic for the most of all time. Now The Playlist points us to this wonderful video from Glass Distortion that puts shots and scenes from La La Land side by side with the classic films that inspired those moments, and it's cool to see the way Chazelle blended his homages to older films with his modern sensibilities to create something new. 

This videoessay compares some of the film references to classic movies in Damien Chazelle’s La La Land. List of Films used: La La Land (2016) Les demoiselles de Rochefort (1967) Grease (1978) West Side Story (1962) Give a Girl a Break (1953) Les demoiselles de Rochefort (1967) Soy Cuba (1964)
 Sweet Charity (1969)
 Broadway Melody (1938)
 Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
 Shall We Dance (1937) 
Give a Girl a Break (1953) 
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Sleeping Beauty (1959) 
An American in Paris (1951)
 Le Ballon Rouge (1956)
 Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) Music: “City of Stars” Composer: Justin Hurwitz © Lions Gate Entertainment © Summit Entertainment Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.