For a few seconds it was this year’s Oscar winner for Best Picture and it made its director the youngest one who won an Oscar for Achievement in Direction. La La Land was one of the most discussed and praised films of 2016 and as a film that paid tribute to the classic Hollywood, it references few old films.
In Emma Stone’s bedroom, there are four posters. From left to right, Wray Bartlett Physioc’s The Blonde Vampire (1922), John Francis Dillon’s Lillies of the Field (1924), Edgar G. Ulmer’s The Black Cat (1934) and Roland West’s The Dove (1927).
There’s another poster in the living room, Robert Siodmak’s The Killers (1946).
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone have a date night to watch Nicholas Ray’s Rebel Without a Cause (1955) – “for research” as they say. While Gosling is waiting outside the theater, two more posters, except from Ray’s film, are seen. Edward L. Cahn’s Radio Patrol (1932) and Frank Borzage’s A Farewell to Arms (1932).
The magic moment for the first kiss is near, but…
Images from Damien Chazelle’s La La Land (2016).
