Besides the obvious thematic similarities to La La Land, some of the music is even the same.Filmed on grainy black-and-white 16mm, there are some really wonderful moments. There are three musical numbers, all kind of enchanting. There are lots of close-up shots, which I didn't mind, and some awkward zooms.
As for the story, it was barely coherent. The movie interestingly starts with the breakup and we see how he got there and how he mends it. Having read the synopsis after watching the movie, I kind of get it, but there are lots of extraneous scenes that muddle the plot. Understandably, this was his first movie. And he very quickly worked out those kinks. In this movie, Elena's subplot doesn't really fit into the story. She serves as a distraction for Guy, but as Chazelle discovered later in Whiplash and La La Land, it is jazz itself that is the passion incompatible with a relationship.
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