film about music
''Whiplash" is a 2014 film directed by Damien Chalezze. This film is all about music, a young man named Andrew Neyman (Miles Teller ) is practicing late at night at his New York music school, one of the best in the country, when his drumming catches the ear of the infamous Mr. Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), the most important teacher at the school and the conductor for its most imp ortant jazz band. Fletcher pauses, listens, barks a few orders at the young man, and moves on, seemingly dissatisfied with what he heard. Andrew had his chance, that one brief moment many of us have to impress the people who can change our lives, and he didn't cut it. He goes back to his routine class band, telling his dad (Paul Raiser ) that his opportunity to move up probably passed him by. Of course, Fletcher's dismissal of Andrew in that first scene is just the first of many examplesof what could politely be called his "teaching style." Fletcher likes to tell the apoc...