At first, “Studio Band” seems like a group of the best, flying high. Chazelle - whose own experience as a student drummer helped shape this story - has a deft touch with the material, knowing when to pull back and when to zoom in. In fact, Whiplash has already raked in a few top kudos, including the coveted Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Their performances are as real as you can get onscreen, and are sure to make many sit up and take notice come awards season. Soon, Andrew must ask himself, is all of the blood, sweat and tears worth it? Are moments of transcendental bliss on the part of your listeners worth your pain as a musician? Or is he too far gone to decide? Unless your idea of touchy-feely is a teacher that wings chairs at your head and hurls emotional abuse that would make Joan Crawford blush. Simmons) isn’t anywhere near the touchy-feely type. (Think Glee, but with more instruments and less buffoonery.) But conductor/professor Fletcher (J.K. Young Andrew (Miles Teller) is a first year drummer at a prestigious NYC conservatory, when he gets tapped for a position in “studio band” in the school. Director Damien Chazelle takes his Sundance-award winning short film to full-length and it’s a helluva watch. And it’s tough to live with, if Whiplash is any indication.
Most of us walk away, choosing other paths, but those that decide to stick with it and strive for greatness? Gotta give ‘em credit talent and dedication is tough to come by. Who hasn’t taken some sort of music class? Whether you shook a tambourine in kindergarten, or headed out for piano classes every Saturday for 13 years (just me?), we all have that moment where we’ve tried to coax beauty out of an instrument.
Riveting performances by Simmons and Teller. Twitview: A fever dream of a film that sucks you into the lives of those that would do anything for their art. Simmons and Teller give Master Class performances, and director Chazelle paints a picture of musicians butting heads and striving for perfection…perfectly. This film grabs you by your collar and drags you into it’s world headfirst, no quarter given. Emotionally difficult to watch at times, but worth it. Send us feedback.Nutshell: I’d give Whiplash an A. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'elsewhere.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 21 July 2022 Heavy showers with a risk of thunderstorms were forecast for parts of England on Wednesday, and largely dry but cooler weather was expected elsewhere in the U.K., according to the Meteorological Office.Ĭhristine Fernando, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022 However, elsewhere in the Bay Area, Alameda County also saw a 22% increase in its homeless population over the past three years, with the latest counts showing 9,747 people.ĭanielle Wallace, Fox News, 20 July 2022 See More Mstyslav Chernov, ajc, 21 July 2022 Low temperatures will also be abnormally warm - only dipping to near 80 in the city Saturday and Sunday nights, with 70s elsewhere.
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