The first thing you see in Damien Chazelle's La La Land (not counting the usual string of production company logos) is a nod to the past, a vintage mid-'50s title card that reads "In CinemaScope." Like Tarantino's use of retro '70s logos, it's a hint of what's to come, simultaneously identifying the wide-screen process in use (although one could quibble that the film was actually made with Panavision lenses) and creating a little distance by placing it in a nostalgic context.…
The first thing you see in Damien Chazelle's La La Land (not counting the usual string of production company logos) is a nod to the past, a vintage mid-'50s title card that reads "In CinemaScope." Like Tarantino's use of retro '70s logos, it's a hint of what's to come, simultaneously identifying the wide-screen process in use (although one could quibble that the film was actually made with Panavision lenses) and creating a little distance by placing it in a nostalgic context.…