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- Damien Chazelle has taken a relatively staid subject like the relationship between a music student and his teacher and turned it into a thriller built on a brilliant undercurrent of social commentary about what it takes to make it in an increasingly competitive and cutthroat world.
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Nov 10, 2023 · Whiplash, while not explicitly a horror film, creates a sense of psychological dread by exploring the traumas and fears of aspiring artists.
- Damien Chazelle
- Miles Teller
Nov 3, 2023 · During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in 2014, director Damien Chazelle revealed that Whiplash is (technically) not based on a true story. Andrew Neiman and Terence Fletcher are not real people, and neither are the rest of the characters in the independent film.
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Sep 23, 2024 · For those five excruciating minutes, like a Pixies song with its loud-quiet-loud formula, the film calibrates itself into a meticulous horror movie. In short, as derogatory as it may sound, “Whiplash” is particularly exhilarating sadomasochism — attributable to Simmons’ magnetic and perversely alluring performance — and this is where ...
Whiplash is a 2014 American psychological drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle, starring Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, and Melissa Benoist. It focuses on an ambitious music student and aspiring jazz drummer (Teller), who is pushed to his limit by his abusive instructor (Simmons) at the fictional Shaffer Conservatory in ...
Mar 20, 2024 · The notion of a drama about an aspiring drummer simultaneously existing as an in-depth character study, nerve-shredding thriller, and borderline horror movie all at once sounds like a preposterous juggling act that couldn’t possibly be pulled off, but that’s the beauty of Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash.
Oct 10, 2014 · “Whiplash” is cinematic adrenalin. In an era when so many films feel more refined by focus groups or marketing managers, it is a deeply personal and vibrantly alive drama.
Feb 5, 2015 · Ten years after his performing arts high school experience with a barbarous conductor — he based J.K. Simmons’ character on his own teacher and on drummer/bandleader Buddy Rich’s legendarily...
