![]() ![]() Or rather, six continuous pieces that could be stitched together in order to resemble one continuous piece. When approaching 'Birdman', director Alejandro González Iñárritu decided that to fully get into the mind-set of his main character, his introspective film would be shot as a continuous piece. That it's also an original movie musical is merely icing on the cake.Ĭontinue reading: La La Land Is Heading Into An Oscar Sweep ![]() La La Land is an energetic, honest and uplifting film about the struggle to make it in Hollywood. There's the added benefit that most voters haven't been subjected to the hype that has caused a mixed reaction from some critics and audiences (hint: watch it again to see what the fuss is about). So why is this film winning over the Academy's voters? The simple explanation is that it's a movie about show business, and these tend to do well by Oscar (see recent Best Picture winners Argo, The Artist and Birdman). And it's currently the favourite to take Picture, Director, Actress ( Emma Stone), Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Score, Song and even Costumes, despite stiff competition from Jackie. And it could easily equal or better the record of 11 wins for Titanic, The Return of the King and Ben-Hur. Because La La Land has two nominations for Best Song, the most awards it could win is actually 13. The film already ties Titanic and All About Eve for the most nominations ever, with 14. ![]()
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