Damien Chazelle - 'La La Land'

Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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The 32-year-old, who already has directed two best picture Oscar nominees and is poised to become the youngest best director Oscar winner ever, reflects on the roots of his passion for music and movies, the Harvard pal who became his closest collaborator and the rollercoaster of a journey to realizing his dream of making an original movie musical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.0	I'm the host Scott Feinberg and my guest today is a phenomenal young filmmaker
0:49.1	who at just 32 already has directed two films that have been nominated for the best
0:54.3	picture Oscar, 2014's Whiplash and 2016's Lala Land, who personally received a best
1:00.9	adapted screenplay Oscar NOM for the former and best
1:04.0	director and best original screenplay Oscar Noms for the latter and who a week
1:08.5	from today widely is expected to shatter a record that has held for 85 years by becoming the youngest person
1:15.3	ever to win Best Director at the Academy Awards.
1:18.9	Lala Land is an extremely rare original movie musical, which Chiselle made for $30 million over 42 days after three months of
1:26.7	rehearsal with stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, and it has resonated with almost everyone
1:31.7	who has seen it. From film critics who propelled it to a 93% favorable
1:36.3	rating on Rodden tomatoes.com to moviegoers around the world who have bought 340 million
1:42.3	dollars worth of tickets to see it, to Academy
1:44.8	members who have recognized it with a record tying 14 Oscar nominations.
1:50.2	In addition to the aforementioned two pending Oscar nominations,
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