whiplash 2014 movie : perfect performanc
Everything you could possibly see and amaze you with is in this movie, the enjoyable and exciting performances that certainly carry exceptional abilities for both stars J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller, The excitement of playing musical instruments, the sudden changes in events, the wonderful photography with the excellent picture, it is really a very enjoyable movie, with several scenes that are extremely distinctive, and we will show them here in detail.
Number one
When Andrew broke the tempo the first time with the band, Fletcher stopped him to tell him about it, to do it again, to be stopped by Fletcher again, and this continued several times, and every time Andrew could not control the tempo, which made Fletcher shout at him harshly and cruelly, and even threw his seat at him, Fletcher's way with his band was characterized by this cruelty, and it was Andrew's first time under his leadership, so he felt that he was under a lot of pressure, with Fletcher continuing to shout at him until he knew his mistake, to the point that he cried in spite of himself, and Fletcher continued to speak with him with extreme cruelty, he was sending Andrew a message that things are not as easy as he imagines, and that the matter requires a lot of effort and training, to reach the high position he wants, and that talent alone is not enough, but it must be polished and developed, until he approaches perfection and complete compatibility with the band, and for a moment I felt that Fletcher is a very complex character, but there are people who consider pressure and cruelty as a means to achieve success and perfection, and Fletcher practices this method with exaggerated violence and severity, and this method may succeed and bear fruit sometimes, but only with the person who can bear it, and is ready to bear double its burden as well, just to achieve success and goals and dreams, at which time this person will not become ordinary, but strong and solid with bearing all this pressure and cruelty.
There is another reason that Fletcher sees for what he did with Andrew, which is to test Andrew's endurance in bearing pressure, and the extent of his adherence to playing in his band, and learning this matter with great precision and mastery, so he either wins a musician who is worth his effort, or removes him completely from his calculations if he cannot bear what he did to him.
A very powerful scene in which I did not wish to be in Andrew's place. I felt nervous and frustrated as I sat watching, and I felt pity for Andrew, with the strength of his coach's personality and his harsh, provocative way, through which he teaches his band members to play with mastery and skill.
Number two
When Andrew rents a private car to catch up with the band, he forgets his cane in the car rental office. When he enters the band's place, Fletcher's reaction is very harsh, so he tells him that Ryan is the one who will be performing with him this time, to make fun of Andrew, so Fletcher gets very angry with him and tells him that the place is supposed to be for someone with a cane, so Andrew realizes that he forgot his cane, and tells Fletcher that he forgot it in the car, and he will bring it in five minutes, but Fletcher tells him that the band is warming up now, so Andrew tries to convince him that he can use Ryan's cane, but Fletcher tells him that he lost the opportunity this time, so Andrew gets angry and tells him that this is his place and he shouts at Fletcher, so Fletcher tells him that he has no right to make any decisions in that, so Andrew responds that he earned that place by his efforts, so Fletcher tells him that he is here with them thanks to a mistake he made, and hints Here, this mistake may have been intentional, so Andrew shouts at him that he is the one who deserves that place and no one else because he is the best, so Fletcher gets angry and tells him that he can remove anyone from his group, and gives him ten minutes to return with his stick to the group, otherwise he will spend the rest of his time at the institute between turning pages until he graduates, or let things go naturally and leave his place to Ryan.
Andrew accepted this challenge and threat for the sake of his dream, for which he abandoned his girlfriend and everything else, and immediately set off to get his stick, so he got into his car and returned to the rental office where he forgot it, and took his stick to set off back to the group while talking to one of its members on the mobile phone, and he was completely unaware of the road, so his car collided with a large truck, and the car flipped upside down with him inside it.
After a few seconds of the car overturning, Andrew managed to get himself out of it covered in blood. He was badly injured, but he didn't care at all about that. The building was clearly visible just a few steps away from the accident, so he forced himself to run towards it with terrible determination.
Andrew entered the building and then the competition hall, and pushed Ryan aside in a completely inappropriate manner. He did not want anyone to take his place, believing that he was the best, and he did not care that he was severely injured, and this was somewhat selfish thinking and very arrogant, but what motivated this in him was Fletcher's harsh treatment of him. He had worked hard to reach this stage, and had abandoned everything in his life, in order to reach his dream, and it was hurtful to him that Fletcher had pushed him away so simply, just because he was a little late. Fletcher noticed Andrew instead of Ryan, but he continued to manage his band, boiling with anger inside him, and what made matters worse was Andrew's inability to continue, as his hands were shaking because of the incident, which made Fletcher stop and apologize to everyone present for what happened, then he went to Andrew to tell him in a low voice that he was done, so Andrew attacked him and threw him to the ground while trying to hit him, so the band members stopped him with difficulty, then they took him out of the hall.
This scene is considered an artistic and psychological conflict between the two characters, Andrew who is trying to maintain his place in the band, defying all odds, and Fletcher who sees his interests above anyone else, and imposes his opinion and style as the band leader, without looking at anyone, he was annoyingly domineering in this scene.
Andrew considered this to be discouraging his determination and a waste of his talent and energy, and also crushing the dream he was chasing, for which he had abandoned everything and anyone else, but at the same time he was somewhat selfish, by not putting the interests of the band as a whole above any consideration.
Number three
When Fletcher and Andrew met in the bar where Fletcher works, after he was expelled from the institute because of his way of dealing with the band, it was a very interesting dialogue that carried a lot, Fletcher presented his point of view to Andrew in the harsh treatment of his band, and Andrew was trying to fathom his depths with his eyes while he was talking, about the fact that if he did not deal with it in that way, he would not have pushed each individual in them to work hard, in order to maintain his position in the band, and reach his best performance, and he dreamed of creating new legends in art, and he was telling Andrew that harsh treatment is what makes those legends, and he mentioned an example of that Charlie Parker and Jones, which prompted Andrew to answer him, where he told him what if this method had caused the discouragement of the next Charlie Parker, and that his method must have limits that he stops at, and Fletcher was able to answer that in a somewhat logical way, that the real talent should not He never got discouraged, but he would continue to train and work hard until he became the next or new Charlie Parker, and he began to admit to Andrew that he had no real talent, throughout his years of work at the institute, and that he had not succeeded in creating a new Charlie Parker, but he had at least tried and that he still believed in the effectiveness of his harsh method.
Fletcher also had a belief that his work was different from most people doing the same work, and that he would never think of apologizing for his way, and this was a source of arrogance for his personality, and the megalomania that filled his being and depths, but with this talk he was able to influence Andrew, because he had a somewhat imaginary but convincing point of view, about his way and his harsh method with his band, and made him think deep down that he was the reason for what happened to him, although Fletcher did not give him any hint that he knew that he was the reason behind his expulsion from the institute, he was aiming at something undeclared deep down behind expressing his point of view to Andrew, and it was not at all a justification for what he did to him and to everyone.
Then he threw the nets around the wounded fish who was ambitious for life, Fletcher told Andrew as they were leaving the bar that he was forming a band for a new competition, and that he needed a musician like him, so Andrew told him about Ryan and Tanner, the other two musicians in his band, but Fletcher's response was that one of them was just an incentive for the rest, and that the other was frustrated after what happened.
Fletcher proved to be a real genius in this scene, because with that talk he was sending a message to Andrew, that you were the desired person, and the talent that I was working to motivate and show the world, to deepen Andrew's feeling of regret for what happened, then he told him that he had days to think about his offer, and then the deep scene ended.
Number four
We see this scene as an embodiment of true magnificence, and a very important proof of Fletcher's rule and his harsh style that gave birth to a new legend, represented by Andrew, who rose up, exploded and shone in this dazzling and extremely enthusiastic scene.
The scene began when Andrew entered the competition hall, and sat on his chair under Fletcher's leadership again, and here Andrew was surprised by Fletcher approaching him, and telling him that he knows that he is the reason for his expulsion from the institute, then he goes to the audience to introduce himself and his band, and tells them that they will play the piece Up Swinging, so Andrew searches for its notes in front of him, to be surprised again that the Whiplash notes are in front of him, and before he understands, the band started playing.
Fletcher's focus was on Andrew, who did not know the tune well, so he began to improvise in a confusing way, and Fletcher's eyes were watching him completely, until the playing ended, and Andrew was still confused and perplexed, so Fletcher approached him, and sent him words harsher than a sword, where he told him that he might not have it, and he certainly meant the talent that makes legends in this world, which prompted Andrew to get up and leave in terrible frustration, and the theater was silent and Andrew in a state of internal turmoil.
Andrew left quickly to find his father at the door, and he hugged him tightly while he felt what he was suffering from unnatural pain and frustration, and asked his son to leave, but Andrew took several steps back, then turned and returned to the stage.
Let us pause here for a moment to see what Fletcher did to Andrew, and what he meant by that. There are certainly two things: the first is to realise the truth about Andrew's talent or not, and if the result is negative, then the second thing is to humiliate Andrew and take revenge on him for what he did to Fletcher. Fletcher thought for a moment that he had realised the truth.
Andrew sat on his chair, and Fletcher was surprised by him, but he tried to address the audience who were watching the competition, and tell them about the next piece, so his turn came to be surprised again, when Andrew started playing alone and without introduction.
Fletcher's features and body movements predicted anger, with the confusion and embarrassment that Andrew caused by that, but he had no choice but to continue leading the band, and he was harmed by Andrew's actions, then the band began to play one after the other, so Fletcher approached Andrew and whispered some words of threat to him, but Andrew did not care and continued playing with the band.
Fletcher began to blend in with the band and with Andrew in particular, and a slight smile began to appear on his lips, predicting his satisfaction and comfort, and harmony with the playing began to dominate Fletcher's movements on the stage, and his continuous signals to Andrew as a seasoned leader, until the moment came to end the piece, so Fletcher raised his hand to end the playing, but Andrew did not stop, so the scene darkened for a moment on the image of Fletcher's face, who was very upset, then it lit up again on the image of Andrew continuing to play and lead as well.
It was unusually exciting and crazy, and Andrew was filled with the spirit of challenge, creativity, self-assertion, and the identification of his great talent. Fletcher approached him to ask him what he was doing, and Andrew replied that he would tell him, and he meant in the language of playing, so he continued to speed up the rhythm strongly, and here Fletcher understood immediately, so he began to get excited and signal to the band to get ready at his signal.
Andrew's father was watching what was happening, he was amazed by Andrew's unexpected performance, but his eyes held some sadness, because he believed that art legends end at an early age, or die early in a tragic way, and he saw at this moment on the stage, that Andrew was following the same path.
Andrew's forehead was drenched in sweat, falling on the instruments, almost drowning them, but he didn't care at all, all his senses were merged into one mold with the drums, which he was playing, then Fletcher came, whose enthusiasm was many times greater than Andrew's, and began to signal him to lower the rhythm, and from here Andrew began to lower the rhythm gradually, until he approached the minimum, so Fletcher signaled him again to gradually rise the rhythm, until he reached the peak again in an unusual speed, which prompted Fletcher to take off his jacket and throw it aside, while he merged with Andrew with his hand signals and body movements, and Andrew continued in this speed for seconds before he suddenly stopped, and his eyes turned in question to Fletcher, whose lips did not appear, but his eyes seemed to smile at Andrew in satisfaction, and he nodded to him as a sign that he had reached the desired matter, so Andrew smiled in turn a smile that carried satisfaction Then Fletcher gave a final nod to Andrew and his band, and they finished playing the piece beautifully together.
Last word
Motivation and provocation of a person's talents to shine is important in any work that includes highlighting talent in it, despite the harshness of the method here, but it finally bore fruit in the end, but that does not prevent the existence of a psychological problem with Fletcher, as he expelled one of the members of his band just to prove his ignorance of knowing his mistake or the mistake of another individual, and his attempt to take revenge by humiliating Andrew on stage turned against him, to become a success for him in exploding Andrew's talent, and the latter, with his insistence on the challenge and success to make Fletcher regret, made him work to prove the success of Fletcher's method with him, and made him prove to himself his hidden talent.
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