A mood-board with no drama

Rating: 7/10 (11 December 2019)

This is one of those films that consist of dialogue-scenes that the actors improvise to get into the mood for the real script. Actors love that cheezy 'ranting around' kind of dialogue because they love to swim in scenes, packed with drama and deep, emotional thoughts. They dont care about functionality and contribution to the real story.
And what about that 'real story'?
No idea.
I really have no idea what this story is about. Two artists are trying to make it in Hollywood while struggling in a relationship?
OK. That is not a story. Thats a mood-board
What did I like then? The production design. Color is very consistent and secluded locations etc add to the alienation as metafor for the inner of the.....pffff...
I love Lynch to do that brilliantly in Mullholland Drive (understatement)
The actors?
Gosling gives exactly what he 'just' has; a kind of vague notion of "who am I?" sort of expression. But Stone, she is the talent, she is under-casted in this one. She may not yet use 10% from her reserves.
Music?
A joke.
What idiot ever thought of using a jazz musician as a maincharacter for a musical without jazz music? Anyone?
What a dysfunctional cluster of styles, rithmes, paste's and colours....
No, I don't understand the high rankings.
It is just a mood-board without drama.