Mindset-changing

Rating: 10/10 (15 March 2018)

To what extent can you immerse yourself in what you do, in order to reach perfection? How far can you go without breaking?
And more importantly: should you go that far?
This is a story of an extremely harsh mentor and extremely determined apprentice. Two giants, meeting face to face in order to reach perfection.
The conductor's (Fletcher) position is to "push people beyond what's expected of them". He believes that to be "an absolute necessity", a Legend Recipe. For him, "There are no two words in the English language more harmful than "good job".
The drummer's (Andrew) position is to "...rather die drunk, broke at 34 and have people at a dinner table talk about me (him) than live to be rich and sober at 90 and nobody remembered who I (he) was."
I find that movie highly motivating, especially for people who play an instrument themselves.
*SPOILERS
There's also:
*great jazz
*either rushing or dragging (I don't really know)
*flying chairs
*deliberate sabotage of the band
*no Mars-bars down there
*being upset
*bloody drum-kits
And more!
QI:
I think there should be a whole new language rating system created, just so that movie can be on top, cause "18+" definitely doesn't cut it.
J.K. Simmons (Fletcher) won an Oscar for his outstanding performance. Oddly enough, his speech didn't include any swear words.