Romanticism and anti-romanticism in La La Land
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https://doi.org/10.24310/Fotocinema.2019.v2i19.6655Keywords:
La La Land, Romanticismo, antirromanticismo, postmodernismo, pasticheAbstract
Within its generic classification, La La Land was labelled as a romantic musical. Although there is no doubt that it is a musical, this paper aims to reflect on its consideration as romantic work, since anti-romantic features can also be found within the postmodern context in which the film was created. For this purpose, an introduction to the concepts of Romanticism and anti-romanticism will be made and then the study of the film will be presented from three different points of view which seem to coexist in it: from those films which deal with the dreams of a character for being a star of the art world, the romantic melodrama and the difficult balance between personal life and professional career. They are only three of the genres or types of films which inspire the script of La La Land that, as a postmodern pastiche, looks for an original and contemporary message based on cinephilia, homage and nostalgia.
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