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The Treatment

Ryan Gosling & Damien Chazelle: La La Land

Actor Ryan Gosling and director Damien Chazelle join Elvis today to discuss keeping the musical La La Land uplifting.

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By Elvis Mitchell • Jan 18, 2017 • 28m Listen

Actor Ryan Gosling knew he had a special project on his hands when he read the script for Damien Chazelle’s La La Land. Chazelle knew he wanted to keep the musical essence of the film uplifting and consistent so he put Gosling to work immediately, filming the biggest performance scene of the film on the first day.

Today they chat about Singing In The Rain as an influence, and maintaining a musical rhythm in the dialogue to keep the film moving along in scenes absent of musical numbers.

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    Elvis Mitchell

    host of KCRW’s The Treatment

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    Blake Veit

    Producer, 'The Treatment'

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    Ryan Gosling

    actor and musician

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    Damien Chazelle

    filmmaker

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