— Overview
The notes stay with a musical that arrived in Korean theatres in December 2016, and with two older films they hold up beside it.
— Contents and key concepts
A December opening, and a number from that window
The notes stay with La La Land as it reached Korean theatres on 7 December 2016. In the window they are writing in, they record about 3,504,210 admissions.
That figure is kept as a total from that period, not carried forward as a later official count. What matters to them is how widely the film was seen at the time they were watching and writing.
Sebastian, Mia, an observatory, and a freeway
Sebastian is played by Ryan Gosling, Mia by Emma Stone. The notes linger on two scenes in particular: a waltz at Griffith Observatory, and the dance that opens the film on a crowded freeway.
Those pictures, they suggest, tell you early what kind of musical this is — one that puts song and movement into places that already have their own life, a hilltop observatory and a jammed stretch of road.
Two older musicals held beside it
They set the film beside The Sound of Music (1965) and Fame (1980). The comparison is brief and close to hand, not a survey of the whole genre.
The notes stop with those two titles and with the Korean run they have in front of them. They do not add a director’s name the source never gives.
The same Korean report, at fuller length, is on CampusDown.
Sources
- The notes, a student viewing of La La Land: a Korea opening on 7 December 2016, about 3,504,210 admissions in the window they record, Sebastian and Mia, a waltz at Griffith Observatory, a freeway opening dance, The Sound of Music (1965), and Fame (1980).
Last updated: 15 November 2026
Frequently asked questions
When did the film open in Korea, and what admission figure do the notes record?
It opened in Korea on 7 December 2016. In the window they are writing in, they record about 3,504,210 admissions. The figure is kept as a total from that period, not as a later official count.
Who are Sebastian and Mia, and which scenes do the notes linger on?
Sebastian is played by Ryan Gosling, Mia by Emma Stone. The notes linger on a waltz at Griffith Observatory, and on the dance that opens the film on a crowded freeway. Those two pictures, they suggest, are where the musical first announces what kind of film it is.
Which older musicals do they set beside it?
They set it beside The Sound of Music (1965) and Fame (1980). The notes do not build a long history of the genre; they simply hold those two titles next to this one, as points of comparison the writer already has in mind.
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