Professional drummer peter erskine, whose work has been featured on more than 600 recordings, discusses the new film whiplash. Miles was a pretty good drummer when he came in to do the movie. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. The effect of closeup interaction and lighting in whiplash. Nov 27, 2014 whiplash follows the relationship between an ambitious young drummer.
Also, if it wasnt him, i will be supremely disappointed. Heres a film that makes playing music look as punishingphysically, mentally, emotionallyas boot camp. Oct 18, 2014 seeing potential in the young drummer, fletcher asks neyman to give him some doubletime swing. If youd like a pdf of the whiplash script scenebyscene breakdown, go here. Faking it wasnt an option miles teller, the star of whiplash, on escaping death, clashing with nicole kidman, and why he doesnt want to be spiderman. The charts arranger hank levy is famous within jazz circles for his numerous time chart classics. Released in 2014, whiplash focuses on a promising young drummer miles teller pursuing his dream of greatness. Nov 15, 2014 theres no denying that whiplash is a fine movie. Legend has it that parker muttered ill be back as he exited the stage and used the ridicule of the crowd as fuel to practice and work. Although a visual double was used, all of andrews drumming was performed by. Simmons and miles teller in this 2014 edgeofyourseat movie.
When casting the feature film version, the finalists for the role were teller and simmons. A promising young drummer enrolls at a cutthroat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a students potential. When called for their second set, tanner cannot play without his sheets, but. Any good drummer can play all over the set and improvise. Jk simmons is thrillingly brutal as a popeyed drum teacher but does this very watchable classroom. To the drummers who have watched the movie whiplash.
Jan 15, 2015 whiplash isnt the only movie to heavily feature drums the 15 greatest drumming movies whiplash may be headed for an oscar for its portrayal of a young drummer pushed to the edge of his limits by a harsh music professor, but its not the first time drums have been the star of a movie. Sundance film festival 2014 opens with premiere of whiplash, damien chazelles tale of a brutal drumming instructor and his protege. It is obviously a common plot for a movie but i strongly recommend to watch whiplash. It depicts the relationship between an ambitious jazz drummer miles teller. Sep 03, 2016 to me, it means that i have a special place in my heart for the movie whiplash.
A freshman drummer at a fictitious but prestigious school of music, miles tellers andrew neiman listens to buddy rich records to cop his riffs, while sharing. Whiplash follows the relationship between an ambitious young drummer. Intense, inspiring, and wellacted, whiplash is a brilliant sophomore effort from director damien chazelle and a riveting vehicle for stars j. Novel comparison of whiplash and the picture of dorian gray. Damien chazelles new film, which stars miles teller and j. Did miles teller play the drums in whiplash movie youtube. Im not going to say its a bad movie, because im aware that my perspective is poisoned by personal experience as a drummer and as a conservatory student. Whiplash has one of the best endings finale, if you will in modern cinema. Theres dozens of places in the movie where his playing doesnt match up, its very obvious, hehe.
Whiplash stickers featuring millions of original designs created by independent artists. Whiplash 2014 a promising young drummer enrolls at a cutthroat music conservatory where his dreams. This greatness will only be achieved with the help of a ruthless teacher j. The ending of whiplash offers one of the most electrifying movie moments this year. Midway through the performance, parker lost the beat, jones threw a cymbal at him, and the crowd laughed him off the stage. Please make me understand how hard the drum solo at the end was. Oct 08, 2014 whiplash, a thrilling and propulsive drama about excellence and its enemies, reimagines a music conservatory a fictitious one in manhattan as a boot camp, with an incendiary j. The mediocre jazz in damien chazelles new film, whiplash, the story set in the present day of a young drummer miles teller under the brutal tutelage of a conservatory professor j. Neiman when he was filming the original short film whiplash 20 but teller. Neiman returns to the stage to brand his name into the jazz drummers hall of fame and to prove fletcher wrong. Whiplash, though, has a different perspective on the matter.
Quotes contained on this page have been double checked for their citations, their accuracy and the impact it will have on our readers. Sometime later, fletcher walks into a rehearsal for the band for which neyman plays. Some agree with the philosophy of the film, others not so much. Nov 12, 2014 when he was a teenager, charlie yardbird parker got a chance to play with jo jones, drummer for count basies orchestra. Oct 04, 2014 jimmy macbride, a local jazz drummer and recent julliard grad, watched the trailer and believed the drumming looked pretty real. Notwithstanding the fact that fletcher tosses cymbals, chairs, and any other inanimate objects in the vicinity at his players, chazelle accentuates the physical. Whiplash maestro damien chazelle on drumming, directing, and.
Dark, tense, at times brutal more psychological thriller than music conservatory set piece whiplash stars miles teller rabbit hole, the spectacular now, divergent as the bullied prodigy. Teller was cast because he was a better known name and an actual. To play an instrument, they insist, is to be liberated, to give voice to the feelings of the soul, to have the best damn time of your life, etc. Damien chazelle wanted miles teller for the role of andrew neiman when he was filming the original short film whiplash 20 but teller was unavailable so johnny simmons was cast instead. Centered on a rousing musical performance given by the films protagonist andrew miles teller, the. For his doubletime swing tempo for caravan, whiplash. During the more intense practice scenes, the director wouldnt yell, cut. Simmons, an instructor known for his terrifying teaching methods, discovers andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into the top jazz ensemble, forever changing the young mans life. In whiplash, a young drummer plays till he bleeds director damien chazelles second film centers on the agony of a drummer in a highpowered music. This series started here and we have 26 volunteers to do scenebyscene breakdowns of contemporary movie scripts. If erksine is correct i have no idea why that drummer would do such a thing unless they paid him a lot or he owed somebody big, cant imagine much else. How miles teller learned to fake drum like a pro in whiplash. If i had one word to describe whiplash, it would undoubtedly be ferocious, and thats a word i use rarely to describe any movie. Major kudos to steven broughton for doing this weeks breakdown.
The uncomfortable message in whiplashs dazzling finale. Whiplash isnt the only movie to heavily feature drums the 15 greatest drumming movies whiplash may be headed for an oscar for its portrayal of a young drummer pushed to the edge of his limits by a harsh music professor, but its not the first time drums have been the star of a movie. Damien chazelles intense drama is a stirring portrait of the insular world of jazz music and the dark side of elite competition, steered by. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of whiplash by damien chazelle.
Whiplash is a 2014 american drama film written and directed by damien chazelle. Each page is manually curated, researched, collected, and issued by our staff writers. Whiplash 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. If youve seen the oscarnominated drama whiplash, you probably left the. I hummed these two songs over and over in my head since i saw the movie. Feb 23, 2015 if youd like a pdf of the whiplash script scenebyscene breakdown, go here. To understand andrews reaction in the end, you have to understand the dynamic of the relationship between.
Mar 28, 2015 released in 2014, whiplash focuses on a promising young drummer miles teller pursuing his dream of greatness. Was andrew actually doing his own drumming in the movie. It took me a few viewings trying to be fair to even begin to get past my gripes about the. Drumming drama whiplash is one of the years best films. I dont know who actually played the tracks but miles learned enough to fake it well from nate lang, who plays carl and can drum in real life although i dont know if he played for or even contributed to the soundtrack though. It depicts the relationship between an ambitious jazz drummer miles teller and an abusive bandleader j. Andrew neiman miles teller is an ambitious young jazz drummer, in pursuit of rising to the top of his elite music conservatory.
The chart whiplash performed in the film is of the type referred to by jazz players as a time chart a piece with an unconventional time signature in this case, 148. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. Sony pictures teller taught himself to play drums when he was 15. As youd expect for a movie about the strive for artistic perfection. Three cheers, then, for onetime aspiringdrummer damien chazelle, writerdirector of this whipsmart feature adapted from his 20 short about. When he was a teenager, charlie yardbird parker got a chance to play with jo jones, drummer for count basies orchestra. Whiplash and caravan hd drum cover by devikah youtube.
Meanwhile, the one very real detail in the film the big band chart titled whiplash which serves as inspiration and background to the movie is a kick for me because the composer and arranger of that piece, the late hank levy, worked a lot with the stan kenton orchestra while i was a member beginning at age 18 as well as with the don. It would be hard to use a body double convincingly for something like this, and it. Unable to reach the fast tempo, neyman fails, and fletcher disappears. Whiplash, a thrilling and propulsive drama about excellence and its enemies, reimagines a music conservatory a fictitious one in manhattan as a boot camp, with an incendiary j.
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