Whiplash
- Director: Damien Chazelle
- Writer: Damien Chazelle
- Producer: Jason Blum; Jeanette Brill
CGiii Comment
Watch it for Simmons' performance alone...hellishly brutal.
Is there subtext? We believe so...all that passion...taking 'tough love' to ridiculous extremes. But - we believe - that his unattainable attraction turned from reluctant admiration to spiteful frustration...all because he couldn't get what he wanted.
A dizzying experience and the editing is astounding.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A young and talented drummer attending a prestigious music academy finds himself under the wing of the most respected professor at the school, one who does not hold back on abuse towards his students. The two form an odd relationship as the student wants to achieve greatness, and the professor pushes him.
Cast & Characters
Miles Teller as Andrew Neyman;
J.K. Simmons as Terence Fletcher;
Melissa Benoist as Nicole;
Paul Reiser as Andrew's Father;
Jayson Blair as Travis;
Austin Stowell as Ryan;
Kavita Patil as Sophie;
Kofi Siriboe as Greg / Trumpeter;
Michael D. Cohen as Stagehand Dunellen;
Jocelyn Ayanna as Passerby