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Nov 7, 2022 · By Shrishty Mishra. Published Nov 7, 2022. Link copied to clipboard. Image via Paramount. Director Damien Chazelle ’s instant rise to fame is something that’s unmatched. The success of his ...
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Dec 23, 2022 · Damien Chazelle's new Hollywood epic tells the story of a debaucherous Tinseltown during the transition from silent films to talking pictures. ... was also inspired by several real-life figures ...
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Dec 23, 2022 · Damien Chazelle’s latest film, Babylon, opens in 1926, when silent Hollywood was a fast-moving train unaware that it was about to hurtle off of a cliff with the release of The Jazz Singer one ...
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Damien Chazelle: 5 Films That Inspired 'Babylon'. Singin' in the Rain is probably the first movie that comes to mind when you picture 1920s Hollywood and the advent of talkies: A charming, lighthearted look at the tumult and ultimate triumph in Tinseltown as movies as we knew them were forever changed. Enter Damien Chazelle 's Babylon.
- Griffith Observatory. The iconic park and planetarium north of Hollywood plays a key role in La La Land. “I love Griffith on a very personal level,” director Damien Chazelle says.
- David Hockney. Los Angeles is a nirvana of sunbaked swimming pools in the 1960s- and ’70s-era paintings of British artist Hockney. His work, including A Bigger Splash (above), made waves in Chazelle’s mind, especially for an early musical set piece in which a bunch of partygoers (and the camera) get wet and wild.
- Los Angeles Traffic. For the movie’s virtuoso opening scene, Chazelle thought of the least romantic L.A. trait — and turned it into a spectacular song-and-dance number.
- Pulp Fiction (1994) Chazelle wanted La La Land to take place in the real world of Los Angeles but still feel like a not-quite-real fantasia. So he hired Quentin Tarantino’s favored production designer David Wasco.
Dec 21, 2022 · Damien Chazelle's ode to the movies of yesteryear is populated with many characters inspired by real legends. So, who is who?
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Damien Chazelle (born January 19, 1985, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.) is an American director and screenwriter who won numerous awards for his first two major films, Whiplash (2014) and La La Land (2016). Chazelle was the son of university professors, and as a child he had an interest in both filmmaking and music.
