Justin Hurwitz said to his director, “You knew you were breaking my heart cutting one or the other, so it was really just which would break my heart more.” Producer Fred Berger went so far as to even try and bet Chazelle money that “Another Day of Sun” would not end up in the movie. Chazelle and producers apparently went back and forth about which to remove, the overture or the traffic song.

– And the subsequent opening musical number, “Another Day of Sun,” was almost cut from the movie. – The movie was originally going to open with a three-minute overture…

However, most of these details will appear entirely new, and the rest are still likely to be as pleasant as another day of sun. In the commentary, Chazelle and the (now) Oscar winning composer, Justin Hurwitz, analyze the dream movie that they spent years willing into existence-often with the kind of tongue-in-cheek banter one expects from former college roommates.Īdmittedly, a few of these facts (such as which songs exactly were sung live during production) have been mentioned in interviews before. Below is everything we learned for the first time from the disc, and primarily the audio commentary track at that. Hence why it was such a curiosity to open up the La La Land Blu-ray and discover what the Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone-led reimagining of movie musicals had left to reveal about its handful of starlight. One in which the struggles between fantasy and reality, and art and compromise, are given an effervescent lighting. It also more importantly has left a mark that this writer suspects will be felt in pop culture for decades. An unapologetic throwback to old school musicals from yesteryear that featured a surprising undercurrent of gentle modern melancholy, the Damien Chazelle directed toe-tapper waltzed its way into $440 million worldwide, as well as six Oscars, including statues for Best Actress and Best Director.

La La Land did not quite win Best Picture in the end, but it is fair to say the movie left its mark on pop culture.

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