Directed by Cai Mingliang...

is very new wave, known as the four directors of Taiwan Bend!

In fact, from ancient times to the present, Chinese like to use numbers to divide various groups of people, such as the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty, the seven sages of the bamboo forest, the eight immortals in the drink, etc., and I don't know who gave Taiwan a big director, Hou Yang Li Cai.

The first three may indeed be called great directors, Cai Mingliang doesn't know why, his movies can't be watched at all...

His movies are very hypnotic, and he commented in one sentence: As long as everyone insists on watching Cai Mingliang before going to bed, the sleeping pills in the whole world are unsalable.

Many viewers ridiculed: I really think that if you can enter a world like Cai Mingliang, you will enjoy it very much, but it is really difficult to get in...

However, Cai Mingliang is not the kind of double-standard dog, he despises commercial films, he can really invest in his own works, and his films can still be sold in Europe anyway!

'What are you commenting on my film market? I just came over, I don't think there's anything wrong, and you don't know when I'm happy, you don't know how happy you are to make a movie with so little money!'

I really don't need you to know me, I don't want you to know me, I won't die if you don't know me. ’

He never complains that 'the audience can't understand' or 'the audience's garbage', he thinks that his movies are 'high and low' and thinks that 'high and low' is a compliment.

'A film can be a poem, a painting, a fruit... It is precisely because film is an art with infinite possibilities, not just a momentary conversation, that you respect it and want it to be presented in its entirety. Movies should inspire people and make them think, not just feed you. ’

The realm is very high!

Such a director still deserves respect.

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"La La Land" is positioned as a niche song and dance film.

Those who like musical and dance dramas will definitely give high marks when they see "La La Land".

Damien Chazelle is a fan of musical and dance films, and his reading volume is quite strong!

In the opening shot, the group dance on the highway is a tribute to Alan Parker's dream-chasing song and dance film "Fame"...

Of course, this filming was not very easy, blocking the highway for two days and using more than 100 singers and dancers ...

A tribute to "Rebellion Without a Cause" throughout, whether it is the scene or the red jacket of the actor Sebastian...

The theme of "La La Land", in the director's own words, is the conflict between love, dreams and reality.

The story, in fact, is also very beautiful:

Mia is a lonely little actress who auditions everywhere while working as a waitress in a café.

Although she is very talented in acting, she is unlucky and will be interrupted nonsensically every time she auditions, and she is always high-spirited and disgraced;

Sebastian is a jazz musician who wants to open her own jazz bar.

But his music is too niche and no one buys it, so he runs into walls everywhere, and in order to make a living, he can only do odd jobs and play some vulgar and flattering tunes.

That's how two people fell in love.

Mia confesses at first that she hates jazz, but, because of Seba, she loves it.

She said: You put so much passion into music, there must be people who want to listen to it.

Sebastian encourages Mia to write plays instead of being sociable.

He was the first appreciator of Mia's performance, and he said: Genius, you are a genius!

On the way to pursue their dreams, they were humiliated and hit.

But from each other's bodies, they see themselves.

Sebastian joins a band she doesn't like in order to give Mia a stable life, and Mia is sensitive to the fact that if you compromise like this, you will not be the person I love.

When Mia fled back to her hometown because of a failed performance, Sebastian brought her the news of an audition late at night, which was nothing more than saying: If you give up like this, you will not be the person I love.

Mia's improvisation at the audition is exactly what the film is about: to those who have dreams, to those fools who pursue their dreams.

My dream is a river, and if I had to do it again, I would still jump barefoot!

Neither of them can give up their dreams for the sake of love, because they want to live as the other person loves.

Sebastian compromises Mia and begins to think seriously about her future, gradually busy with the band's tour;

Influenced by Sebastian, Mia gradually became self-reliant, began to write her own scripts, and prepared her own one-man show at her own expense.

Parting goodbye, Mia said: I will always love you.

Sebastian also said: I will always love you.

This situation can be recalled, but it was already clear at the time...

At the end of the movie, Mia, like Bergman in Casablanca, walks into the bar with her husband.

There are so many cities in the world, so many bars in the city, and she walked into my room. ’

That's right, the bar she walked into with her husband was Sebastian's...

The melody flowed from Sebastian's fingertips, and the past resurfaced, and all rewritten: What would happen if I kissed you in the first place?

What happens if you turn down that band?

What if you catch that play?

What if I went to Paris with you?

In the illusion, there is Sebastian and Mia's dance under the stars, they are married, have children, form a happy family, he accompanies Mia to this bar, in the bar, a pianist plays this melody that belongs to two people, for a few minutes, like spending a lifetime...

Then, after the parallel lines cross, back to reality...

There are no ifs, time has passed, and everything today comes from yesterday's choices.

I can only thank you for coming, for leaving, for making me what I am today.

I can only thank you for not giving up on yourself for me, and for growing into the way I love, radiant and memorable.

Look at each other and smile and nod: Thank you and remember, I will always love you.

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In fact, the love told in "La La Land" is very cliché.

It celebrates love and dreams.

The story is too peaceful, and there is nothing to start and take...

In the eyes of high-end audiences, sweet and useless!

Without the wonderful singing and dancing and smooth shots, this would be a very mediocre romance, and the "sad ending" of this popular love story may be the biggest highlight.

But Damien Chazelle surrounds the story in the form of song and dance!

Also, the editing of "La La Land" is like "Bursting Drummer", which is indeed the director's specialty.

Whether it's the long shot at the beginning, the preparation before the girls go out, the dance under the stars, the dream flashback at the end...

It's all a great sparkle!

Impressive, it's a good movie!

And it's the kind that's relatively scarce...

……

At the end of the movie, Milk Xiao was crying...

Emma Stone was also moved to tears.

Shen Ming and Damien were a little embarrassed, because they had to go on stage to share their creative ideas.

"Don't cry, it's time for us to go on stage!"

“… I... Can I not go up?"

"What do you say?"

With one hand holding Milk Shaw and the other holding Emma Stone, and Damien Chazelle went on stage...

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