La La Land
When
I say this is one of the best movies ever, it just means I’m not ready to let
go of Casablanca. Oddly, both have
the same theme.
For
the purists in the crowd I hear it’s not a romance, i.e. possessing a happily-ever-odesafter.
Yet both movies are the most romantic odes you’ll ever see.
La La Land is the perfect
title.
Los
Angeles: 4
La
La, crazy, fantastic (as in fantasy), destroyer of dreams, you ain’t going to
get what you want, baby: 4
Creative
types from all over the world descend on LA hoping to land it big. Their
chances are slim. They end up serving tables, not a bad living. They end up
falling in love and herein lies the conflict at the base of both movies. In Casablanca,
this love doesn’t amount to a hill of beans. And where our hero and heroine can’t
go, we can. In fact, a book follow up showed Rick and Ilsa getting together (As Time Goes By written by Michael
Walsh, 1999 published by Warner Brothers).
In
La La Land, our hero and heroine of
tremendous talent confront the problems between choosing each other and the
success the talents God gave them deserve.
We
writers often talk about the interior struggle. What’s in the hearts of our
heroes and heroines? Rick and Ilsa & Mia and Sebastian very much love each
other and they always will. Very much is an understatement. Their hearts rend
at the same time two smiles appears. This conflict fills us as readers,
watchers with a twisted joy. Humans have a rich fantasy life and who’s to say
if their innermost dreams can’t come true.
For
romance writers: See this damn movie or don’t talk to me anymore. And then talk
to me of true love.
Trailer
for La La Land, 2017
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