The floating-on-air feeling of new love sparks a romantic dance between aspiring actress Mia (Emma Stone) and jazz musician Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) in La La Land, which arrived at TIFF from Venice and Telluride film festivals trailing Oscar predictions. Part of the joy of being in the packed Princess of Wales Theatre was realizing the audience found La La Land “played as funny as we hoped,” said Gosling. Chazelle, whose jazz drama Whiplash was at TIFF two years ago, wrote and directed La La Land. There’s a similar fantasy-reality moment involving a fedora and a dance number on a pier in La La Land, including some tricks with the hat. He’s an inspiration and real gentleman.”And that Oscar talk about La La Land that has continued to spread at TIFF?

Source: thestar September 17, 2016 14:03 UTC