On December 18th, "La La Land" held a special screening of China at the Beijing Party History Museum, which not only had a greeting video from director Damien Chazelle, but also actor Zhang Xincheng appeared as the film's "joint promotion ambassador" after the screening, and had a warm interaction with the audience together with the host Chen Luyu. Zhang Xincheng admitted that he had watched the movie nine times and sang the theme song "City of Stars" on the spot. "La La Land" will be released on December 22 on the National Art Federation line.
"La La Land" is directed by Damien Chazelle, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Finn Wittlock, J. Starring K. Simmons and others. Since its global debut in 2017, it has won a high reputation, and at the 89th Academy Awards, "La La Land" tied "Titanic" with 14 Oscar nominations and became one of the best romance movies in film history. At the same time, the film also created the history of the Golden Globe Awards with the record of "seven mentions and seven middles". "La La Land" was first released in Chinese mainland on February 14, 2017, and received a total of 247 million yuan at the box office.
At the special screening in China, director Damien Chazelle personally sent a video greeting to the Chinese audience who came to watch the film, wishing everyone to enjoy the film tonight. In the post-screening exchange session, the host Lu Yu shared with the audience the behind-the-scenes stories of many films and directors' creations. For example, Emma Stone, the stone sister who plays Mia, left her hometown at the age of 15 and went to Hollywood with her mother to pursue her dreams.
Zhang Xincheng, the film co-promotion ambassador, also came to help as a guest, he said that he has watched it 9 times, and the film is not only "very powerful", but also very realistic, just as "regret is the norm, and people who love each other do not have to be together". As a professional actor in musicals, Zhang Xincheng also sang the theme song "City of Stars" for everyone at the scene, and his singing voice was soft, warm and infectious.
There was also a senior fan who came from other places, he said that he had watched "La La Land" 24 times 7 years ago, and this revisit gave him a deeper feeling and new understanding of life, dreams and love. A couple said that the two watched "La La Land" together in 2017, and the person who accompanied them to watch the movie has now become lovers.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Yang