This one’s going to kill us, isn’t it? Not the bad kind of kill; the slow, yearning, broken-hearted death-of-love kind of killing. I’m not always sure which is worse. And what is it with Ryan Gosling and his apparent desire to break us with these relationship-rending movies? Why does he like torturing us? Oh, never mind; we’re going to watch, regardless of sense or reason. For what can keep us from these gorgeous visuals and the angelic sound of Emma Stone’s sad song?
Nothing. Nothing. Nothing.
Here’s to the ones who dream …
The first trailer, in case you missed it.
La La Land stars Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, J. K. Simmons, Callie Hernandez, Rosemarie DeWitt, Finn Wittrock, and Meagen Fay; it sashays into theaters December 2nd.