Whiplash Film Review

Jan 25, 2022

Since then, the paranoid master and apprentice have lived a life of love and murder...

The education experienced by each person in life is different, so the appearance of the present, arrogant, timid, cautious, wild... It is like every side of a kaleidoscope shining with colorful colors, it is those fragments of light, reflecting the inner A fine, dusty past.

When it comes to the life mentor, he is the one who fabricated your thoughts, words and deeds with invisible hands, attacked your old self, and forced you to face the soul torture in the corner. On the road he or she has traveled, the scenery along the way is different because of his or her appearance.

Whiplash is a 2014 film. The free translation of Whiplash means whipping. The Hong Kong translation of "Instigating the True Self" is too mild, the Taiwan translation of "Attack Drummer", and the mainland translation of "Burst Drummer". Choreographer Zha Sulie used the teacher Yan he met when he was a student in a jazz band as a blueprint, and after artistic processing, he depicted a story of a pair of masters and apprentices fighting each other.

This is not a dream-chasing movie that celebrates teaching excellence and youthful blood. On the contrary, drummer Andrew Neiman (played by Taylor) pursues excellence and self-improvement. The strict teacher Terence Fletcher (played by Simmons) harshly pushes him to constantly push the limit, smashing every cell in a selfless prostration, until he is shattered.

This small-cost work, which took 19 days to shoot, is obviously a success. Among them, at the 87th Academy Awards ceremony, the film was nominated for five awards, winning among them Best Supporting Actor (Simons), Best Film Editing (Cross) and Best Sound Effects (a lot of awards, Check out the list of awards and nominations for Inspirational Reality ). The director's profound musical skills naturally frame the entire script, the beautiful progress of the shots, as well as the gripping soundtrack and editing, which fully demonstrate the artistic life.

The artistic achievement must be high. You can see that it has won so many awards. So far, 502,185 people have commented on Douban, with a score of 8.7. Film reviews or after-viewing, but they are very polar.

 A.O. Scott of The New York Times praised the conflict and confrontation between teachers and students in the film, describing them as "exciting but terrifying." After praising Simmons for his terrific portrayal of Fletcher's villain, Scott also praised the "wild and natural, uncontrived" atmosphere of the film, as well as the original soundtrack composed by Justin Hurwitz.

Slate's film critic Forrest Wickman, however, said the film distorted the history of jazz and offered a misleading "genius theory". Richard Brody of The New Yorker wrote in a film review article, "It doesn't respect jazz, it doesn't respect cinema". Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor gave the film a low "C", saying "I don't get the blood in the film, 'I'm just a sensational movie'. ".

In the comment section of Douban, there was also a debate about Master Yan's use of such high-pressure educational methods. What amazes me is that some people who learn musical instruments are willing to be beaten, scolded, despised and humiliated by their teachers because of their qualifications. Mediocrity and low talent. Others leave a message to worship Master Yan. They want to absorb their energy but feel the suffocation of being forced to a cliff. They want to be more perfect in technology, but they find that art is far more than surprise and fear. .. … the rip is the catalyst for the adrenaline rush, it’s not perfect but acceptable.

Due to some ambiguities at the end of the film (the details about whether there is a backup drummer, so I won't break the thunder here), the audience's point of view is different, in the end is Master Yan motivated or revenge on the students? In addition, there are two interpretations of the ending. One is that Andrew grows desperately under pressure, and the other is that Andrew becomes a devil under pressure.

In my opinion, Terrence is an extremely narcissistic and egoistic person. I do not deny that he has high musical attainments and talent, but it is all linked to his dignity and honor. Terrence in the play can't tolerate mediocrity, sandstone, let alone flaws, but the orchestra is a group work. He placed himself at the height of the ivory tower overlooking the ant people, gave the orchestra a position like a charity, and controlled the future of the students.

The difficulty of being a teacher is to apply what you have learned in your life and teach students according to their aptitude. Empathy, love and patience are indispensable. Everyone who is serious about studying has probably scolded himself with harsh words, and hating iron is not steel! It's just that this situation does not mean that teachers have the right to beat and scold students, make life attacks, or even mentally abuse students. I will only regard such people as weak people with low emotional intelligence and lack of emotional control.

In any case, treat others kindly and attack others with words, no matter how righteous the starting point is, it will eventually cause harm, and in terms of the cat kicking effect , it will start a bad cycle.

 There is a very interesting short comment: just like in an old martial arts film, the devil took a Shao Xie as his apprentice, and he taught and abused him at the same time. The final outcome is often that Shao Xie, who has always been humiliated and humiliated, suddenly comes to Yin one day, and the old devil is caught off guard. Shao Xie's hardships have come to an end, and he has achieved great achievements, and he is full of high spirits. He went down the mountain with his mind severely twisted, and embarked on the old road that the old demon walked.

For art, he gained the world and lost his soul.