Why 'La La Land's' Opening Was Saved From Cutting-
December 19, 2016, 11:19 AM
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/why...
The crowd-pleasing opening of Damien Chazelle's La La Land — all that freeway traffic giving way to a musical number before frustrated drivers Mia (Emma Stone) and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) are even introduced — wasn’t inevitable. The originally scripted opening was very different, and at one point in postproduction, the number was cut out of the movie, reveals the film’s editor, Tom Cross, who won an Oscar for Chazelle’s 2014 feature Whiplash.
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