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WHIPLASH

January 23  – 29

 

WHIPLASH

Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash depicts the trial by fire endured by Andrew (The Spectacular Now’s Miles Teller), a talented and committed young drummer newly admitted to the Shaffer Music Conservatory in Manhattan, at the hands of teacher Terrence Fletcher (a career-best and likely award-winning ferocious performance by J.K. Simmons), who runs his jazz ensemble like R. Lee Ermey ran his boot camp in Full Metal Jacket. Fletcher believes in utterly breaking down a musician in order to inspire him to push beyond his limits and reach for greatness — “good” playing is nowhere near enough, everyone can be replaced, and rehearsal is only starting when your instrument is covered in literal blood, sweat, and tears. John Bleasdale of Cine-Vue calls Whiplash “a supreme meditation on the encouragement of brilliance and the excesses of power” and “a stunning musical drama with a rhythm section to die for.”

Dir: Damien Chazelle / 2014 / US / English / 107 min / DCP

SCREENING TIMES: FRI 1/23 6:30; SAT 1/24 4:00 & 9:00; SUN 1/25 2:30 & 7:30; MON 1/26 6:30; TUE 1/27 9:00; WED 1/28 6:30; THU 1/29 4:00 & 9:00

 

 


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