Whiplash (2014)

Ten years ago at the Sundance Film Festival, every one who saw it was just dazzled by this low-budget music drama directed by then up-and-comer Damian Chazelle.  And as the year progressed, so did more buzz before it was eventually released worldwide later that year to much acclaim and lots of awards attention.  In fact, this film ended up being nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture and ended up winning three, including for Best Supporting Actor.  J.K. Simmons won that award for playing the highly memorable Fletcher, a jazz professor who takes one new student under his wing.....sort of. :) That student would be the highly motivated and gifted Andrew played by Miles Teller - he's a drummer with only ONE goal: to become the best!  And Fletcher wants him to become the best....but at what cost?  What results is one of the more unique stories of a prodigy and his mentor.....which goes to some dark places.  So let's find out who's rushing, who's dragging, and WHO'S playing out of tune....WARNING: There are some racial and homophobic epithets spoken within clips from the movie included in this podcast.Host & Editor: Geoff GershonProducer: Marlene Gershon Send us a Text Message.https://livingforthecinema.com/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/Letterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/