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Feb 9, 2015 · You don’t think of jazz drumming as a rigorous academic discipline - but that is how it is portrayed in writer-director Damien Chazelle’s riveting Oedipal drama Whiplash.
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Jan 15, 2015 · Running Time: 106 minutes. Certificate: 15. Original Title: Whiplash. Trying to make a thriller about jazz is like trying to make a horror about puppies; you are starting with a subject that...
Whiplash is an extraordinarily taut, accomplished piece of work for a debut feature. It’s also unusual in having such a definite point to make — albeit perhaps a pretty objectionable one.
Oct 9, 2014 · Written and directed by the gifted Damien Chazelle (Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench), from his own experience of getting schooled on the sticks, Whiplash is a battle to the death. It’s also a...
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Whiplash was written and directed by Damien Chazelle. He also co-wrote the gloriously claustrophobic 10 Cloverfield Lane but is best known for writing and directing La La Land and Babylon. Based on his own experience of being in a highly competitive jazz band, the movie focuses on the meek but determined Neiman (Miles Teller) and his relationship w...
Whiplashisn’t structured like a normal ‘against adversity’ movie of its type. Instead of the usual ‘moment’ where the looked-down-upon student wows everyone and gains respect, Neiman remains under the thumb regardless of how well he performs. He has no positive relationships with his classmates, nor does he want them. Teller’s performance is fantas...
Miles Telleras Andrew Neiman, an ambitious young jazz drummer at Shaffer Conservatory J. K. Simmonsas Terence Fletcher, a ruthless teacher at Shaffer who invites an aspiring drummer into the jazz ensemble Paul Reiseras Jim Neiman, Andrew's father, a writer turned high school teacher Melissa Benoistas Nicole, a movie theater employee who briefly dat...
Oct 10, 2014 · As a go-for-it music movie, Whiplash is just about peerless. The fear is contagious, but so is the jazz vibe: When Andrew snatches up his sticks and the band launches into a standard—say, Hank Levy’s “Whiplash”—it’s hard not to smile, judder, and sway.
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Jan 5, 2021 · Whiplash follows first-year Shaffer Conservatory student Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller) on his journey to becoming a world-renowned jazz drummer. As he is practicing his craft one day, profane jazz...
