This week La La Land, whose stars sing and dance, got 14 Oscar nominations. What did former Strictly judge Arlene Phillips think?
I had read all the reviews before going to see La La Land and I just couldn’t wait. I think it was the afternoon after the opening night, I was in a pantomime in Wimbledon and a big group of the performers all raced down to see it. We were buzzing. The opening number came and we were on our feet cheering, but as the film went along, well, I think I had expected a cross between Singin’ in the Rain, West Side Story and Top Hat. I thought that the story would be told through dance, and it wasn’t. It is a film with music and dance, not a dance film. So I had to adjust my thinking, judge it on its own level, its own merits.
I had read all the reviews before going to see La La Land and I just couldn’t wait. I think it was the afternoon after the opening night, I was in a pantomime in Wimbledon and a big group of the performers all raced down to see it. We were buzzing. The opening number came and we were on our feet cheering, but as the film went along, well, I think I had expected a cross between Singin’ in the Rain, West Side Story and Top Hat. I thought that the story would be told through dance, and it wasn’t. It is a film with music and dance, not a dance film. So I had to adjust my thinking, judge it on its own level, its own merits.
- 1/27/2017
- by Lyndsey Winship
- The Guardian - Film News
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