What Does Lalaland Mean?

Posted on February 5, 2017 by heisenberg29

La La Land emerges as a slang term in the 1960s. It apparently comes from la-la as an imitation for the sound of someone who’s “crazy,” and land imagines a fictional, far-off place one goes to in such a state.

We also see la la as nonsense words used to drown out a person saying something someone doesn’t want to hear, associated with the gesture of plugging the ears with the fingers, thereby blocking out reality. This la la may have influence lalaland.

La La Land started being used in the late 1970s and early 80s as a nickname for Los Angeles, California, specifically to refer to Hollywood. It puns on the city’s common abbreviation as LA and comments on the cinematic illusions made by its film industry—as well as the enchantment of fame and the “out of touch” lives of its celebrities.

Paris, France was called Lalaland in the 1920s, based on the French-sounding exclamation of excitement ooh la la, but this earlier use appears to have little bearing on the later nickname for LA.

La La Land came into prominence with the 2016 award-winning musical romantic-comedy film La La Land. It follows the romance of struggling artists Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and Mia (Emma Stone) as they try to make it in Hollywood. The film’s pursuit of dreams, blissful romance, and LA setting inspired its title. It gained even more notoriety due to the 2017 Oscars snafu, where La La Land was announced as best picture when it was actually Moonlight.

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Golden Globes: How Jimmy Fallon Pulled Off That Cameo-Packed ‘La La Land’ Opening

Posted on January 10, 2017 by heisenberg29

The musical’s choreographer tells THR of getting starstruck by the ‘Stranger Things’ cast, mapping Fallon’s “raunchy waltz” with Justin Timberlake and often being confused with the ‘This Is Us’ actress of the same name.

From the very beginning, the Golden Globes were all about La La Land. Sunday night’s awards show kicked off with an elaborate pre-taped musical number that was a recreation of the Lionsgate film’s opening song-and-dance, as host Jimmy Fallon navigated a red-carpet traffic jam with Lion’s Nicole Kidman, Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington, the cast of Stranger Things and Courtney B. Vance, Sterling K. Brown, John Travolta and Sarah Paulson of The People v. O.J. Simpson. Some cameos were made in character — Westworld’s Evan Rachel Wood powered down in her blue dress, while the hooded Rami Malek of Mr. Robot hacked the Tonight Show host’s hard drive — while others paid tribute to their roles, as Arrival’s Amy Adams was backed by dancers in HAZMAT suits.

How did the sunny, star-studded segment come together? “It was a bit of a scramble to get everyone cast, but if Jimmy Fallon calls, it’s like, ‘Of course,’” La La Land choreographer Mandy Moore tells The Hollywood Reporter of mapping the five-minute cold open, which was written and directed by The Tonight Show’s Dan Opsal and shot by the film’s steadicam operator Ari Robbins.

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11 Fascinating Facts About Spirited Away

Posted on March 30, 2016 by heisenberg29

1. Spirited Away was created without a script

Despite having a rich plot with developed characters, Spirited Away was not made with a script. In fact, Miyazaki’s films never had scripts. “I don’t have the story finished and ready when we start work on a film,” the filmmaker told Midnight Eye. “I usually don’t have the time. So the story develops when I start drawing storyboards. The production starts very soon thereafter, while the storyboards are still developing.”

Miyazaki does not know where the plot is going, and he lets it happen organically. “It’s not me who makes the film. The film makes itself and I have no choice but to follow”

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This May Be Stanley Kubrick Himself Explaining the End of 2001: A Space Odyssey

Posted on December 6, 2015 by heisenberg29

Much like the Star Child of the film, the origins of this video are a little complicated and weird. Kubrick doesn’t appear in person in the video, just his voice, so we can’t confirm it’s really him—but it does sound like the famous filmmaker.

According to the YouTube channel that posted the video, the footage is from filmmaker Jun’ichi Yaoi. In 1980, he was making a documentary about paranormal experiences and chose to explore Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining through a set visit and interviews. The feature was never released but, reportedly, a VHS of the raw footage sold on eBay in 2016 and has now made its way online.

It’s a full one-hour, 24-minute video which, at one point, features Yaoi speaking to Kubrick on the phone. That’s when he asks him about 2001, which is the clip below. This is one of those videos that feels too good to be true so we suggest you take it with a tiny grain of salt. But listen in.