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La La Land
La La Land, released in 2016 and directed by Damien Chazelle, revived the classic Hollywood movie musical format for a contemporary audience, telling an original, non-adapted love story between an aspiring actress and a jazz musician set against modern Los Angeles. The film's extended single-take opening number, filmed on a closed Los Angeles freeway on-ramp, required extensive rehearsal with a large ensemble cast of dancers and represented one of the most technically ambitious dance sequences filmed for a mainstream studio movie in decades. La La Land's 2017 Academy Awards ceremony became infamous for a major presentation error, in which the film was mistakenly announced as the Best Picture winner before producers realized the award actually belonged to Moonlight, a mix-up that unfolded live on stage and became one of the most widely discussed moments in Oscars broadcast history. The film's combination of an original, non-adapted musical narrative with genuine homage to classic Hollywood musical filmmaking techniques helped revive mainstream interest in the movie musical format, which had become a considerably less common major studio genre in the decades before its release.
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Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain, released in 1952, is widely regarded as the greatest movie musical ever made, and its story — set during Hollywood's chaotic transition from silent films to "talkies" in the late 1920s — used the film industry's own history as the backdrop for its comedic and musical storyline. Gene Kelly's title sequence, in which he dances and splashes through a rain-soaked street set while singing the film's signature song, is one of the most recognizable and frequently referenced sequences in film history, reportedly filmed while Kelly had a high fever, adding an additional layer of legend to an already celebrated scene. The film's blend of physical comedy, technically demanding choreography, and affectionate satire of the film industry's own history distinguished it from more straightforwardly romantic or dramatic musicals of its era, giving it a self-aware wit that's helped it age unusually well compared to many contemporaries. Despite its now-legendary reputation, Singin' in the Rain received only modest recognition at the time of its original release, and its status as the definitive greatest movie musical developed substantially over subsequent decades of critical reassessment, similar to the delayed critical reappraisal several other now-classic films have experienced.
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