Whiplash (2014)
Whiplash By Emily Hubbard Damien Chazelle doing what he does best: creating modern classics centering around jazz. 5/5 Cameras 🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥 Directed by: Damien Chazelle Starring: Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons Where to find it: Sky Cinema/Now TV No Copyright Infringement Intended Whiplash. Defined as ‘to jolt suddenly, typically to cause injury’, it’s a feeling you’re left with after viewing this breath-taking piece of cinema, directed by Damien Chazelle. The film starts and ends in the same way, with our protagonist playing the drums, however, the events that take place between these scenes create some of the most exhilarating 107 minutes in modern-day cinema. Let’s get things straight, although classed as a drama, Whiplash is almost certainly more of a thriller, and a truly terrific one at that, with its final 15 minutes being arguably more anxiety-inducing than many greats of the genre. It’s safe to say that Chazelle has done the seemingly impossible by creating a fi...