'Whiplash' | Anatomy of a Scene w/ Director Damien Chazelle | The New York Times
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- The writer and director Damien Chazelle narrates a sequence from his film “Whiplash,” featuring Miles Teller and J. K. Simmons.
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Such a perfect scene. This scene is the whole movie. Really smart.
this movie is so amazing in every possible way
I just love how this scene is lit and darkened. Almost like he's some scared kid in the headlights and fletcher is the lorry.
it's edited that way as well. notice the where the cuts are made
What an intense film. Great to hear the thoughts and anatomy of the opening scene.
this movie asked the question "Is it worth it?"
And what makes it great is that it doesn't answer it
zenerat I find that a lot of the greatest films are morally ambiguous like that. Brilliant film.
oh boy, this movie doesn't ask that particular question at all. it doesn't ask really, just demands. looks like there's something you should quit in your life lol
nothing worth having comes easy.
Definitely a cautionary tale on the cost of greatness, superb film.
Timothy Wilkes because he was trying to push him beyond the normal convention of possibility, and who knows, maybe it does take a bit of a sociopath to push people beyond perceived boundaries and into greatness.
It is possible to make someone great without with the mental abuse and flying furniture
Timothy Wilkes I was always a good drummer and had had great drum teacher but my last one was just like Fletcher. it was hard but he took me from great too amazing and taught me more in 3 months then my past drum teachers in 10 years. I now attend the UNT school of music which is rated above berklee for there drum program. I am attending on a full ride scholarship and I thank my last drum teacher for that if he hadn't pushed me I wouldn't have made it.
+Chuck
That's awesome. It doesn't refute what Timothy wrote, though.
For sure. I love that ending, simply mesmerizing. it’s a happy ending at first glance when he has the virtuoso performance. But really it’s fletcher that has won, there is a price of greatness.
2:35. "I like movies that kinda give you the whole movie in the opening scene." He literally did the exact same thing in La La land where he tells most the movie in the opening traffic song.
Could you elaborate in wich way this happens? You have got me soooo curious about your statement bc to me if anything speaks to the rest of the movie is purely the lyrics, everything else is a very dynamic and entertaining choreography. What am I missing?
Claudia Reina. Exactly right. It’s the lyrics that tell more or less what the rest of the movie is going to be about.
The first verse is sung by a struggling actress like Mia.
Second verse by a struggling musician like Seb.
*SPOILER ALERT*
“I think about that day I left him at a greyhound station... He was sweet and it was true still I knew what I had to do” - at the end of the film Mia “leaves” LA and Seb after she gets her break in a big movie because she had to do it to achieve her dream.
“We’d sink into our seats right as they dimmed out all the lights” - Mia and Seb see Rebel Without A Cause on their first “date” and Mia arrives right as the movie starts.
“Maybe in that sleepy town... He’ll see my face and think of how he used to know me” - at the end of the movie in the five years later bit Seb walks past a giant poster of Mia’s face after she’s become famous.
“Some day as I sing the song a small town kid will come along that’ll be the thing to push him on and go go” - Mia and Seb meet and push each other to follow their dreams.
“When they let you down get up off the ground” - Seb lets Mia down after not showing up to her one woman show after their argument and also it’s probably a nod to all the failed auditions actors go through such as the ones shown in the movie.
The whole song is really about following your dreams and never giving up and the sacrifices you have to make to follow your dreams all of which is the core of what the whole movie is about.
this is genius!!! thank you for such an elaborate answer!!!! it truly speaks in a lot of levels, very complex, yet it is put out there for all of us to see (or hear, in this case)
Claudia Reina. No problem. It is very smart because although it summarises parts of the film we don’t actually know that until we have finished watching the film and it’s very subtle too so it can take a few watches to even realise it.
Of all these "Anatomy of a Scene" videos, this is definitely the best one. I feel like Damien Chazelle really understands everything he goes for in every camera movement
I like how he explained all about themes etc... with one scene!
+Andjela Tatarovic WOW THAT WAS POWERFUL!
CLOOOOONNNESSS
This guy is going to be known as one of the greats, I mean this is his FIRST FILM and It was already nominated for a couple oscars, it obviously got snubbed for quite of couple things (Miles Teller for Best Actor), but seriously this movie was yet seemingly so simple at a first glance, but in actuality really complex at it's core, everything about it was so unbelievably well done, in my opinion it was the BEST MOVIE OF 2014
it's actually his second film, but he still has great things to come for sure
What was his first film?
LittleBigMen Productions Check Imdb. Also wrote 2 scripts before this
Well hopefully Damien Chazelle doen't become the next Neil Blomkamp or M. Night Shamalan. Because both of those dudes did great their first time around, but then afterwards their movies became worse and worse...
Little Big Men Productions He's done pretty good this year.
The way Damien talks is so graceful and descriptive. You can tell he's a writer just from the way he speaks.
Should've won best picture. So, so good.
Curtis No. BiRDMAN deserved it by miles
+Sam Manuel Birdman was just pretentious, Whiplash was and is a far superior movie in every way.
You mean this didn't win best picture? That is genuinely surprising :o
not quite my tempo
waiting for that one person to reply with a personal insult towards you 'cause they think you're bashing the film lol
so...time to watch the whole film over again with Damien's narration...
Godfather lighting.
Terence Fletcher as a character kind of represented a metaphorical representation of the internal self-critic that all musicians have, except this time, the self critic of a "genius" musician. Often times, the most brilliant and technically capable musicians have the loudest, most aggressive internalized critic, which sometimes exposes itself and does harm.
Incredible movie. Thanks Damien. Look forward to seeing more of your output.
Opening scene of his first movie itself heralded the birth of a great filmmaker
Honestly my favourite movie other than la la land. Everything you touch becomes a masterpiece. We are truly blessed to have you.
Can't wait to see this movie
IMHO The 3rd best film of decade.
I loved this scene, might be my favorite of the film. It reminds me a little of the new movie "It Follows" in that it's a microcosm of the entire film like he said.
Music is fun but it's also like life, there will be joyous times and also heart wrecking soul shattering moments weather you like it or not
Too late is one of my favorite films.
This is his second feature.
great movie from start to finish
Back when I was in 10th grade, I was in the wrestling class. I was only approximately 120 Ibs at the time and underweight. One day early in the season, my collarbone and ribcage became misaligned. My arms horizontal movement became restricted due to the pain. I asked everyone; my coach, my teachers, my parents to help me see a Chiropractor. No one took me seriously. Because of this injury which I was forced to wrestle with or fail the class, I never won a single match. I felt absolutely devastated.
I refuse to see this movie because I am afraid of reliving my own trauma. It’s because of this trauma I fail to understand how so many people including Chris Stuckmann can praise a work like this, and because I fail to understand I feel weak, incompetent, and outcast. Sometimes I feel like all the critics are begging me to see it else I’m missing out on something great; the performance of a lifetime. Is it okay to feel deathly afraid of a film such as this?
I paid full attention to the scene and forgot the director was talking. Had to watch again.
Brilliant
I subscribed, thanks
Great film!
I was pretty sure throughout the film that JK Simmons character was in to S&M.
This guy is younger than me and he's made a fantastic Oscar nominated film. I've wasted my life.
I feel the same, in some ways. It's not too late for us!
Hope you've done something with your life now because he has an Oscar of his own now XD
Make it happen
If you live your entire life judging your self worth in comparison to others, then you're going to have a very bad time. And a sad life.
The teacher was ridiculously rude but the movie was marvelous.
La mejor película !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
consider me interested in the movie commentary, I sure hope there's one
He didn't even mention that his name is actually pronounced Andrew Nay-man
Genius
Every time I watch whiplash, I just get flashbacks from high school band
Damien Chazelle should make a movie about drum corps
If only he did this with la la land as well!
I liked this movie and think the actors were fantastic 👍 However, being a drummer, it was hard to get past the hand positioning (not so much the blisters and blood, but the inconsistency) and the focus on speed ..like.. Who really worries just about 400bpm? When the tempo and notes etc count far more.. Good story and depiction of jazz teachers
It is not strictly true to say the snare and the drum kit are inherently military. They were used in the military to get men to march. In other words, the drum and drumming was around before it got introduced formally as a military tool. The military use of the drums did add to the lexicon of percussion however. The Swiss Army triplet, one of the rudiments, clearly has a military beginning. Modern drums set playing has many fathers shall we say, of which their past military or associations with war and fighting is but one. How the drums make people dance, move and generally celebrate may have more importance, in my mind at least.
Like you ❤️
The whole movie is about impulse to produce output the drummer is motivated by fear in the beginning fear and uncertainty as he tries to please his teacher and hence has no idea what is right and what is wrong by the end his motivation impulse is no longer the teacher but the desire to self Express his idea of new perception to his audience in other words his impulse goes from fear to love
A teacher teaches one who is motivated by fear a student is teaches themselves when motivated by the giving of love
I only saw it once, so forgive what is probably a very basic question. The kid desperately wants the teacher's approval throughout the film. At the very end of the movie--was there a nod of approval from the teacher--or did I just want there to be?
There was a nod.
Yay! lol thank you
You can barely glimpse Fletcher smiling at the end
Samuel Kim
Thanks. I got distracted by a crying kid at the very end--and missed a second.
Reverend Felcher
wow that must of been horrible. hate ppl who bring their kids
oh really hatsy dutsi yellobo
Pink Floyd "The Wall" has a very similar scene.
The opening sequence is not a single stroke roll. It's a double stroke roll.
Hmmm
Am I the only one who things Whiplash is a horror film
Are you Russian, or Dragon?
Underrated reference pun of the century.
Narrator , shut up !!!!!!
what the narrator is saying is the point of the video...
The narrator is not just some narrator hes the director of the dang movie lol. And yeah ^ its also the point of this vid
Do you even understand the purpose of this video?
Give the scene a little bit of breathing room. Just some-