【Film】The Attack on the Drummer: The Price of Pursuing Great Dreams

Executive Producer: Jason Bren Director: Damien Chazelle Screenwriter: Damien Chazelle Cinematography: Sharon Mayer Actors: Miles Taylor, J.K. Simmons

Stephen Chow once said, "If you don't have a dream, what's the difference between you and a salted fish?" Facing this social atmosphere that encourages the pursuit of self-worth, having a dream is indeed a beautiful thing, and embarking on the road of dream building is even more fulfilling. It is an important part of self-realization, but when the dream reaches the threshold and even needs to pursue higher achievements, the accompanying pain, suffering, and disaster are definitely not uncommon.

"Attack on the Drummer" tells the story of Andrew (Myles Taylor), a young drummer from the famous New York Conservatory of Music. Because of his dream of becoming a legendary musician, he is delighted to be invited to join the senior faculty of the academy's famous teacher Frederick (J.K. Simmons). Jazz band; however, Fritch's training method is extremely morbid, not only will he shame students in public, but he is better at playing with people's hearts. Facing Fritch's sinister actions, Andrew endured again and again, but also found that his character was gradually distorted.

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To me, Attack on the Drummer is a very bloody, inspirational thriller .

Compared with other Hollywood inspirational films, director Damien Chazelle uses his high school band experience as inspiration to make "Attack on the Drummer" show the price and sacrifice of pursuing the "great" dream in a very unique way. Whether it is the performance energy of the actors, the tone design of the picture, the mastery of the rhythm of the editing, or the approximation of the sound and the soundtrack, all of them constantly arouse the sensory nerves of the audience and immerse them in a jazz performance atmosphere that is difficult to relax.

The devil teacher Frederick can be regarded as the most successful screen teacher image in recent years. In the face of talents, he is like a treasure, but he is always full of hatred for iron and steel, because he has never met a student who has the courage to go beyond the limit, and he has never found a believer who agrees with his own ideas, which makes him an arrogant and arrogant terror Exist because he firmly believes that truly great people can endure all hardships, as the so-called "reasonable requirements are training, unreasonable requirements are tempering". Although a teacher, he does not educate, but tortures.

At the same time, student Andrew appeared. He is determined to become a great being like the legendary drummer Buddy Ritchie, and he has long heard the name of Friedrich, and is very eager to enter the other party's band, but Friedrich's strictness is definitely beyond his imagination, the other party not only Slap on the face, smashing people with chairs and stools, and even a heart-to-heart private conversation one second can be turned into a weapon of blatant humiliation the next. This is obviously not a barbaric act that ordinary people can do, but Andrew firmly believes that he is unique and extraordinary. So I forced myself to practice "one percent of talent, plus ninety-nine percent of hard work", to forget about love, family, kindness, and gentleness.

Andrew and Frederick, the teacher-student consensus on the pursuit of great artistic achievement, gradually turned into a perverted and paranoid confrontation.

"There is nothing in this world more lethal than the word 'good job', it's just used to deceive yourself..." This sentence came from the mouth of Fritch, although Andrew had been tortured by this time . , but he still very much agrees with Friedrich's statement, and is willing to continue to pursue the greatness that Friedrich aspires to, which led to the reversal of the final outcome, but instead ushered in an extremely morbid spiritual climax. That is the sublimation of pain that I am afraid that mediocrity is unimaginable and unwilling to experience.

In this film, the man who pursues the ordinary is Andrew's father. As a single father, although he understands that his son has an amazing musical talent, he definitely hopes that his son can grow up safely and healthily. In a happy and happy learning environment, supplemented by appropriate pressure growth exercises. This kind of love child's eager thinking seems to coincide with the education method advocated by modern times, but this is obviously just a hindrance to Andrew.

Although artistic aesthetics are subjective, artistic achievement is undoubtedly objective. Today's educational methods are obviously designed for the masses. This kind of education can cultivate the vast majority of mediocre talents, but it is difficult to inspire a very small number of geniuses. Even if geniuses are naturally prominent, they cannot be great. So, when Andrew met Fritch, he was bound to constantly abandon the protection of his father's love, so that when he finally came to the stage to fight back against Fritch, Andrew's hug was more like a farewell than a thank you, while his father's hug was more like a farewell. Wiping the shocked but sad eyes also proves that the simple and taciturn son of the past is no longer there.

"Attack on the Drummer" brings the audience a very exciting movie viewing experience, and also makes people see the cruelty and pain after the dream, and some love and hope that stumbles on the dream, it is even more necessary to give up in order to move on. Therefore, in the process of building a dream, don't forget to recognize where the value of your life should go, because when the mental state cannot maintain your own face, there is only a thin line between the dream and the nightmare.