The story about unbreakable faith

Rating: 9/10 (15 October 2017)

Whiplash is a film that I wanted to watch long time ago but, unfortunately, there was always lack of time. And so finally my life gave me a chance to do it. And now I can say that it's really such kind of movie that should appear on your way at exactly needed time.
Whiplash is an American musical drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle, very young and talented screenwriter and producer who is also famous with his work La La Land. As always, for his movie Damien Chazelle chose amazing actors that can show all little shadings of their characters. Stars of Whiplash are Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, and Melissa Benoist.
The main idea of the film was to create a battle atmosphere and show difficult relationships between very ambitious jazz student and his degrading and aggressive teacher. Watching this movie can be really compared with listening to a strong drum solo. It keeps you in suspense during the whole time. You don't know exactly how it will end and what characters really think about but you still cannot take your eyes of the screen. Everything including lighting, colors and interiors of Whiplash makes you feel the brutality of the movie.
This story is about a young student of a prestigious Shaffer Conservatory in New York. Andrew Neiman is obsessed with playing drums and with his desire to become like Buddy Rich. At least he encountered with talented instructor Terence Fletcher who has his own studio band and here is where everything starts.
It was a dream of Andrew to become a part of this jazz band but Fletcher's behavior with students is rather strange and frightened. He is strict and abusive. He can be really merciless towards his musicians. And it begins to be a big problem for Neiman. Although Terence always says that his way of teaching is the only chance to find real greatness and new Charlie Parker.
Many times Fletcher tries to expel Andrew from the band but the boy is unbreakable. He continues fighting for his place. He plays his part even after car crash. And the more he shows his strength, the worse the Fletcher's behavior becomes.
For one moment it seems that Andrew finally gives up and quits his favorite activity, he starts to think that he is really a lack of talent, especially when even problems in private life also dumps on your head. But anyhow his destiny is to become a great drummer and at the end of the film we can see how close he is to his life aim. I guess Whiplash is about indestructible will to become great, to leave a legacy in history and to reach the most impossible goals. It's about following your fate no matter what is happening around. This film is also rather thought-provoking because there are many ambiguous things. For example, the way of teaching of Terence Fletcher. I suppose that violence is not the right way to reveal a talent of a person but anyhow just because of his cruelty he was able to make Andrew step close to his dream of becoming new Buddy Rich.
Yes, this movie leaves a lot of questions but it's really worth watching. For somebody it can be an amazing dose of motivation, for somebody it can be a possibility to think out his own behavior and style of life and for somebody it may be just an interesting breathtaking story about weird duet of two great people who are helping each other in a strange way. Anyhow Whiplash is a film that needs to be watched and I'm sure that it will come to your life just at the right time to show all his sense and value.