Whiplash is a jazz masterpiece. With outstanding acting and performances by every single person on screen. The film is based around Miles Teller’s character Andrew Neiman an ambitious jazz student and his interaction with J. K. Simmons’s character Terence Fletcher an instructor. The plot is revolving around Neiman and how he has been practicing jazz drums since a young age, trying to become the next big jazz musician, and the losses he must take in order to fulfill that role. While along the way he is being pushed to his absolute limits by Fletcher to earn his spot in the band and the chart to play. While Fletcher comes across as an abusive director in the film he knows that a person needs to be pushed that hard in order to rise above the good and become a great. This is apparent throughout the film but really wraps everything up in the final scene where all Neimans practicing is finally being used to show that the torture was for a cause, playing an iconic solo with literal blood, sweat, and tears covering the drum set before the final note ending the film.
As a trumpet player this film inspires me to push in order to become the next great. It is truly a one of a kind film showing the struggles of being a musician that little people know about, and giving light to the jazz side of music with all the preparation one would need to do to be able to sound like you know what you’re doing. The ending scenes is one of my favorite cuts in all films, showing that you’re only as good depending on the amount of dedication you put into your instrument, and that know matter how good you think you are things could always be escalated to a higher standard of performance. This and a scene earlier in the film where Neiman and Fletcher are sitting in a Bar talking about the history and future for jazz are pure gold. Giving the viewer inside on what you need to accomplish to become top tier of the industry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6vTI5g198E
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