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Frame By Frame: How LA LA LAND Stole Techniques from Old Hollywood Musicals (2017x11)

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It's Oscar season, and the critics are singing their praises for LA LA LAND, a film clearly inspired by the classic MGM musicals. In fact the film seems to be a love letter to MGM's own musical master, Director Vincente Minnelli. In today's episode of Frame by Frame, Kyle show's how LA LA LAND adopted many techniques from Minnelli's classic MGM Musicals.