I loved La La Land, and I’m still waiting for one of this year’s movies to blow my mind just as much. In the meantime, I’ll never tire of the carpool connector from the 105 freeway to the 110, which I took on Saturday.
It’s where the opening number was shot. That scene required a ton of preparation, so that no time was wasted during filming. Here’s a great video of the actors rehearsing in a parking lot, with director Damien Chazelle holding his camera as he’s pulled from behind. Picture-in-picture shows the scene in the film:
