Interview: 'La La Land' Director Damien Chazelle on Making a Musical

“I wanted the movie to be a love letter to not just dreams, but to the kinds of dreams that society often mocks.” He’s only 31 years old, but has already made two of my favorite movies. Damien Chazelle is the writer/director of Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, Whiplash (from 2014) and this year’s La La Land, an exuberant and exciting musical that is my #1 movie of the year. La La Land premiered to rave reviews at the Venice, Telluride, and Toronto Film Festivals this fall and is now playing in theaters nationwide. I was lucky enough to catch up with Chazelle at the Telluride Film Festival and sit down to talk about making La La Land. I was still on a high from the movie, and was very excited to chat with him about everything – from Ryan Gosling’s piano playing, to capturing Los Angeles, to making sure this success doesn’t go to his head. ›››

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