Whiplash
Damien Chazelle / US, 2014 / 107 min.
‘A sports film in a jazz coating,’ a film critic wrote about Damien Chazelle’s Oscar winning debut. Nevertheless, Whiplash is primarily a parable about the perseverance required to feel the beat as a jazz drummer when coached by a tyrannical teacher.
Can you become a jazz musician at a conservatorium? You can, as long as you do what he says, according to merciless teacher Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), who tutors young, very ambitious drummer Andrew (Miles Teller).
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Director
Damien Chazelle
Production year
2014
Country
US
Original title
Whiplash
Length
107 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Format
DCP
Part of
All That Jazz
All That Jazz: a scintillating programme on jazz and film featuring classics, live performances and a focus on exceptional avant-garde and activist filmmakers with a passion for jazz. From Miles Davis to Vincent de Boer, from Sun Ra to Ornette Coleman.
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