Text/Rain in November At the 87th Oscars ceremony that just ended, "Burst Drummer" won three awards including Best Supporting Actor as scheduled, becoming the biggest one that followed "Birdman" that night. Winner. In fact, before that, the film had won the jury award at the Sundance Film Festival, known as the "Mecca of American Independent Film." This film tells the story of a paranoid young drummer pursuing the supremacy of jazz music. It seems to be a niche music theme, but with a series of plot reversals and extremely inflammatory expressive power, I completely burst. It can be called the most exciting movie I have watched in five years. According to the public's movie-watching habits, you need to have a label before you understand a movie so that you can have a psychological expectation. If "Forrest Gump", "When Happiness Comes Knock on the Door", "Three Fools Raise Bollywood" and other "inspirational films" in the mainstream impression now, then "Burst Drummer" can be described as completely "anti-inspirational". Label. In the key plot, it almost without exception stands on the opposite side of human nature, so that it makes people confused. The 19-year-old Andrew, who wanted to become a top jazz drummer, was photographed by the conductor Fletcher, who was already in a high position at the time, when he was practicing in school, and he has since entered the regular band. What a traditional inspirational film beginning! According to the general pattern, you can imagine the next plot with your eyes closed: Andrew will be under the spur of his teacher Fletcher. Although he has experienced a series of failures and blows, he finally achieved the ultimate success and achievement with his unremitting efforts. A career. But the actual situation is: the general direction of the story is indeed not bad, but the way to reach the final result is very different from imagined. Unlike any traditional teacher, Mr. Fletcher is actually a veritable scum. The English name of the film is "Whiplash" (whiplash), he is tyrannical and moody in this way to treat all of his men. He used verbal insults and attacks to mentally flog the band members, and drove them to the road of technological advancement in a nearly abusive manner. Everyone trembles not to make any mistakes, because once they make a mistake, they will not only be humiliated by malicious words, but will even be swept out, and their careers may end. I remember that someone had counted the movies with the most swear words before. At that time, Martin Sikoses' "Infernal Affairs" was in the forefront because of the extremely dense "f**k". It is estimated that the record will be refreshed after the film is released. Teacher Fletcher's cursing is really breathtaking. But this scumbag has another unavoidable advantage: his artistic attainments are unquestionable, nor is his artistic taste. Grandstanding. In his eyes, the pursuit of the highest state of art is the only thing in the world, the religion in his heart, and the meaning of man. Although he understands that he has no chance to personally realize it, he is confident that he can forge a person who can reach the ultimate in art. For this he can use any means and pay any price. It is impossible for most people to follow the teaching method of the devil teacher Fletcher to the end. Even if the physical pain can be tolerated, continuous and boring high-intensity practice is indeed the only way to approach greatness; but constant humiliation and abuse will maximize frustration and vulnerability in the process of failure, so psychological Torture will eventually crumble. The only exception is Andrew, the "dead squad" boy who has the same paranoid character as him. I remember that Peking University professor Sun Dongdong made a remark to the effect that 90% of petitioners have mental problems, and as a result, they have been criticized by public opinion. In fact, in the context of this movie, this conclusion is not completely unreasonable. It is impossible for normal people to maintain a posture of resistance in such negative emotions for a long time. So in fact, Andrew himself had already entered when he smashed with Fletcher. Extreme track. Jazz is a relaxed and casual music genre, but under this suffocating psychological pressure, it has spawned a kind of perverted tension, and even made people want to stop. No wonder some people would say that SM complex is revealed in the essence of this film. From the appearance of his personality, Andrew is the opposite of Fletcher. He is shy and introverted and never exerts emotions on others. But when it comes to the ultimate pursuit of art, he actually thinks highly of himself and will never compromise on the slightest, which is no different from Fletcher. Since you think I can't do it, I want to show you the best. This almost pathological confrontation escalated the drama conflict in the film sharply. The confrontation in the previous few rounds has been in a state of incitement, and all the contradictions broke out in the first external performance. This is also one of the most impressive plots of the film: Andrew was late for a while due to unexpected circumstances. Although the performance did not start, he was forcibly replaced by Fletcher. When Andrew argued forcibly, he found that his drumstick had fallen where he came. In the midst of the dispute, Fletcher told him that within ten minutes you can get the drumsticks back and let you continue! Andrew drove the door without saying a word, but he was knocked over by a truck halfway through driving too fast. When the normal movie is played here, the next scene will be the protagonist waking up in the hospital and asking the person next to him "Where am I?" But Andrew, the protagonist of the film, crawled out staggeringly after touching the drumstick in the overturned car, and then asked the driver to drive himself to the theater with his face covered in blood. When I arrived at the theater, I couldn't help but force it. He stepped onto the stage and started playing drums, but eventually fell on the stage because he couldn't hold it, blood was spilled on the drumhead. This is a colorful reversal plot of the film. After that, Fletcher, the devil's tutor, was reported to have abused students. Because some students had committed suicide because of depression, he eventually lost his position as a university teacher and went to a jazz bar to play the piano. Andrew didn't play drums after dropping out of school. Until he met this former mentor in a bar, he looked calm and thoughtless. The two hurried to talk, recalled the past, and sighed that the scene is now cozy and harmonious. As if grudges never happened. The end of the film reminds me of the same harsh "white-haired ghost" coach Anxi in "Slam Dunk". After the protégé protégé could not stand the perverted training and traveled to the United States but finally died, he chose to give up teaching at the university and came to high school, becoming a cheerful old man all day long, guiding a group of energetic problem teenagers. Human reconciliation is always comforting. And the facts have proved that the film did not stop there, it went further than "Slam Dunk" and turned my imagination in a more extreme way. The biggest reversal of "Burst Drummer" occurred at the end, leaving the climax to the end. It is this ending that makes this film rank among the first-line movies in my mind. Forgive me for not being able to retell this wonderful and thrilling moment in words. I hope to leave the opportunity for you to see this scene in person on the screen. Although it is not a high mountain and flowing water, Bo Yaziqi is a good story, because the two people have not changed the state of hatred and confrontation from beginning to end. But their belief in the highest state of art made them forget their grievances at the last minute, so they can create a legend together by chance. Obviously this is destined to be a movie that will not be loved by everyone. Because it is contrary to the traditional "inspirational" model, it promotes an almost pathological value in an uncomfortable way. This offense makes many people malicious. But it is a rare masterpiece in my heart. I am obsessed with this film not only because it uses sharp editing to find a certain beautiful rhythm between music and story; but also because it has reached the essence to some extent and unearthed the truth. Fletcher said there is no word more harmful than "good" in English. On the road of pursuing the ultimate in art, "not bad" actually means that self-satisfaction has stopped; in the pursuit of the best, always "keep hungry" is the most perfect state. From this perspective, those "almost just fine" and "serious you will lose" self-comfort is simply weak and vulnerable. Of course, the extreme state of Andrew and Fletcher is far from ordinary people, and not everyone needs to follow their pathological way to reach the chase. The situation of seeking. But it is undeniable that no matter how unbearable the protagonist’s personality is, what they are looking for is indeed something of real value. The price to be paid for this is far greater than we thought. Compared with the "inspirational" that imagined the shadow of success amidst the sound of encouragement and appreciation, I would rather silently try to figure out the true meaning of this dark and cruel "anti-inspirational". -------------------------------------------------- ------------- Welcome to follow Sina Weibo and WeChat public account "Zhou Gong Guan Yu".
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