Iron Mahmoud Ahmad Whiplash and LLLAND have got to be the best first two films by anyone ever

Guy Simchony They are definitely some of the greatest first films by any director in history. Directorial debuts like Citizen Kane and The Maltese Falcon take the cake though.

Guy Simchony Tarantino did Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.

+Guy Simchony Hate to break it to you, but his first film was actually Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench. I haven't seen it, but it doesn't sound very good. If Whiplash and La La Land were his first 2 films, I'd agree that that's easily the best first 2 films of a director. Even better than Tarantino's first 2 films.

Jake G 2187 Guy and Madeline is actually very well received. This guy has yet to make a bad movie.

ravishingravi it's incredible, instant classic. Chazelle's love for film drips off the screen

It is creatively well executed but I wouldn't call it an instant classic, it's more of a homage to the comedy musical classics. Whiplash on the other hand, will probably end up become a classic. The writing for that film was off the charts.

Jorge Salazar here we are two months later, and the buzz is stronger than ever!

Guy Simchony ikr, theres no doubt we know what we are talking about buddy, i'd say best picture and director is a given, bit i dunno know about best actress tough.

Jorge Salazar I wouldn't say those 2 are so obvious, but La La Land is definitely the front runner. I think it's guaranteed 3 Oscars though: Cinematography, Original Score and Original Song

what if he doesn't

dont say that, just.. dont

Worst Coast For best director? I don't know man he has tough competition with Villeneuve and his incredible work on Arrival

Nicholas Ntaganda I haven't seen Arrival, but I don't think the Academy has ever given Best Director to a sci fi film

Guy Simchony I forgot to mention Barry Jenkins for Moonlight too

teaber saw it last night, was blown away. I think it might be a new favorite for me

ooze333 how pretentious

you're a dork Strong gjk

Shan Tariq Scorsese or Spielberg never "misuses" a oner. Scorsese composes the scene, making the music sync with the camera movement perfectly. Spielberg always allows the blocking to motivate the camera movement. La La Land is nothing short of a steadicam fetish where a lot of the camera movement feels forced and not in a good way. The camera movement and cuts in this film are very much like the ones in Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights in that they're screaming "look at what I got up my sleeves!" except PTA has the talent to pull it off. The choice of camera and lenses is also questionable for some of the scenes. Chazelle seems to be an example of a good artist who yearns to steal but can only borrow from the greats.

no

Yeah, He's great too. Love his movies.

Definitely more along the lines of a millennial PTA.

From the conception of the idea.

I want to talk about how awesome La La Land is!!!

IT TOOK 12 YEARS TO MAAAKE

therefore it is automatically flawless!!!

DP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood I'm pretty sure he's referencing the Red Letter Media joke during their "Boyhood" review. They talked about how incredibly flawed they found the film, but joked that essentially it was amazing because, well...it took 12 years to make.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, I think.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Thanks for the warning

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Jonathan B thank you so much

No one

Ofer Mizrahi Let me put it this way. No one wants what you're asking for...but if Chazelle decided that he wanted that kind of project, we'd give him our support.

Me. I like to see how directors tackle different genres.

He was actually supposed to do 10 Cloverfield lane but JJ convinced him that if his heart was into Whiplash he should do it