Saturday 16 May 2020

Whiplash (2014 Damian Chazelle & scr)

I think this says it all.

It's sort of like a thriller. The whole tone of the film is set in the very opening scene. It's a subtle screenplay too - notice how the father apologises in the cinema when someone knocks his head. And in one very short scene, we understand that Teller doesn't have any college friends. The last fifteen minutes barely features any dialogue.

Led to funny imaginary scenario where I'm mowing the lawn while Q reads the screenplay to me - and all passers-by can hear is 'Not my tempo', 'Are you ahead or behind?' and 'Faster!'

"We definitely have an out-of-tune player."
As for Tom Cross...

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