Burst Drummer

Haskell 2022-03-22 09:01:08

The film "Burst Drummer" has a great impact on viewers, which is very different from the European and American films that have been seen in the past. Later, I learned that director Damien Chazere used to be a drummer, and part of the film was adapted from his real experience of joining the band in high school. In our school days, it is not known whether there will be a teacher who has a bad temper. I think in the director's inner world, there must have been a band teacher he was afraid of, and this special Oscar-winning work will be born. This movie can't tell whether the teacher is creating genius or persecuting genius, and it can't tell whether talented people are achieving themselves because of stubbornness, death, or madness. In short, my heart collapsed a bit while watching the movie. But when I watched "Burst Drummer" for the second time, I found that the abuse and abuse between the teacher and the students are so complementary. Yes, achievement often comes with loss; glory often comes from shame; glory must come from darkness. What this film tries to discuss with the audience is the unacceptable but extremely real side of human nature.

View more about Whiplash reviews

Extended Reading
  • Jovanny 2022-03-23 09:01:09

    The jazz story of a sister-in-law and a friend

  • Nolan 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    No matter how good the others are, if you tell me that Jazz has to play this way, I really think it is no different from competitive sports.

Whiplash quotes

  • Poster of Buddy Rich on Andrew's wall: IF YOU DON'T HAVE ABILITY, YOU WIND UP PLAYING IN A ROCK BAND

  • Terence Fletcher: I don't think people understood what it was I was doing at Shaffer. I wasn't there to conduct. Any fucking moron can wave his arms and keep people in tempo. I was there to push people beyond what's expected of them. I believe that is... an absolute necessity. Otherwise, we're depriving the world of the next Louis Armstrong. The next Charlie Parker. I told you that story about how Charlie Parker became Charlie Parker, right?

    Andrew: Jo Jones threw a cymbal at his head.

    Terence Fletcher: Exactly. Parker's a young kid, pretty good on the sax. Gets up to play at a cutting session, and he fucks it up. And Jones nearly decapitates him for it. And he's laughed off-stage. Cries himself to sleep that night, but the next morning, what does he do? He practices. And he practices and he practices with one goal in mind, never to be laughed at again. And a year later, he goes back to the Reno and he steps up on that stage, and plays the best motherfucking solo the world has ever heard. So imagine if Jones had just said, "Well, that's okay, Charlie. That was all right. Good job." And then Charlie thinks to himself, "Well, shit, I did do a pretty good job." End of story. No Bird. That, to me, is an absolute tragedy. But that's just what the world wants now. People wonder why jazz is dying.