La La Land - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[caroline]

CinemaScope was the first anamorphic format used in principlal photography and movie projection beginning in 1953. It was created by Spyros P. Skouras president of 20th Century Fox.

[beth]

Chazelle's original screenplay for La La Land was set in Boston in which the iconic Griffith Observatory scene was set in Boston's Museum of Science.

[ethel]

The film literally enters 'La La Land' at the very end. When Sebastian is playing his and Mia's tune on the piano, both he and Mia imagine want their relationship could've been. The audience gets to see what the film would've been like if it were a traditional, full-blown musical. The atmosphere is larger-than-life and dreamlike. Both of the leads get what they want (including each other). Everything is happy and perfect. When the melody ends, the audience is brought back to reality and reminded that the 'epilogue' they just witnessed was all a daydream.

[gabriel]

The crew had a limited time window of 30 minutes (director of photography Linus Sandgren said it was exactly between 7.20 - 7.50 pm) within two days to film the magic hour dusky purple twilight Hollywood Hills dance sequence. According to Damien Chazelle, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling managed five takes in two days, where after each take, they would go back to the starting point with the assistants wiping their sweat before starting the dance routine again. The fourth take is the one used in the final film.

[ray]

Costume designer Mary Zophres said that her favorite piece of clothing worn by Emma Stone was the white dress seen toward the end of the film.

[ray]

This scene was filmed on the Hermosa Beach pier which is a few hundred feet from the Lighthouse Café. The streetlights were added by the film's production design team to the pier for filming. Due to the popularity of the film, the City of Hermosa Beach is reviewing a plan to add the lights as a permanent fixture to the pier.

[tamara]

La La Land premiered at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2016. The film tied the record for most Academy Award nominations with 14. The only other films that have received 14 nominations include All About Eve (1950) and Titanic (1997). La La Land won six Academy Awards including Best Director, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Original Song ("City of Stars") and Best Production Design.