La La Land’s Double-Edged Nostalgia
David Sims
But in the end, Sebastian gets what he wants, and La La Land communicates the drawbacks of his obsession quite powerfully — the apex of his achievement is dwelling in a basement club where jazz can be preserved, at the cost of seemingly everything else (including the woman he loves).
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