Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week joined by special guest Richard Drumm, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.
This time, Damian Chazelle’s Whiplash.
Andrew Neiman is a young music student at the prestigious Shaffer Conservatory in New York City. A jazz drummer, Andrew dreams of great things, of becoming a legend like Miles Davis or John Coltrane. However, he falls under the influence of band leader Terence Fletcher. Fletcher sees potential in Andrew, and draws the young musician into his orbit. The two find themselves trapped in a toxic push-and-pull relationship, with the stakes escalating quickly.
At time of recording, it was ranked 42nd on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 14th November 2022.
- Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
- Whiplash at The Internet Movie Database.
- The Top 250 at time of recording.
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- Damien Chazelle talks to The Los Angeles Times about his life and early career, February 2015.
- Kevin Lincoln at Vulture considers Damien Chazelle’s underseen Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, January 2017.
- Jason Blum talks to The New York Times about the theatrical release of Whiplash, June 2019.
- Jason Blum talks to Vox about the key to Blumhouse’s success with low-budget releases like Whiplash, February 2017.
- Miles Teller and Damien Chazelle interview each other for Issue, 2014.
- Whiplash, 2013.
- Rebecca Ford at The Hollywood Reporter looks at how Damien Chazelle made Whiplash, December 2014.
- Andrew Pulliver at The Guardian reports on Damien Chazelle becoming the youngest person to win the Best Director Oscar, February 2017.
- Marina Koren at The Atlantic considers the absurdity of the controversy over the amount of flags in First Man, October 2018.
- Kieran Southern at The Irish Independent reports on Claire Foy’s response to criticisms that she was “just the wife” in First Man, January 2019.
- Morgan Leigh Davis at The Los Angeles Reviews of Books considers Damien Chazelle’s fascination with masculinity, January 2017.
- Frederick Blichert at Vice considers First Man as an interrogation of masculinity, Janaury 2019.
- Damien Chazelle talks to Arkansas Online about the character of Andrew in Whiplash, November 2014.
- Damien Chazelle talks to Screen Crush about the challenges in getting Whiplash made with two profoundly unlikable protagonists, December 2014.
- Damien Chazelle talks to The Chicago Tribune about how Whiplash was inspired by his own experiences as a music student, November 2014.
- Damien Chazelle talks to Empire Magazine about the “secrets” of Whiplash, May 2015.
- Damien Chazelle talks to Variety about the autobiographical elements of Whiplash, September 2014.
- Damien Chazelle talks to The Toronto Sun about taking inspiration from Full Metal Jacket for Whiplash, October 2014.
- Damien Chazelle talks to The Los Angeles Times about the ambiguity of Whiplash, November 2014.
- Damien Chazelle talks to The Dissolve about what is and isn’t ambiguous in Whiplash, October 2014.
- Katie Benner and Melena Ryzik at The New York Times report on abuse allegations against Shia LaBeouf, December 2020.
- Chris Murphy at Vanity Fair reports on Shia LaBeouf’s confession that the depictions of abuse in Honey Boy were entirely fabricated, August 2022.
- Jeremy Dick at MovieWeb reports on J.K. Simmons’ discussion of Miles Teller’s work in Whiplash, December 2021.
- Patrick Jackson at The BBC reports on allegations of child abuse against actor Klaus Kinski, January 2013.
- Anna Peele profiles Miles Teller for Esquire, August 2015.
- Jack Shepherd at The Independent reports on Miles Teller dropping out of La La Land, January 2017.
- Miles Teller talks to Vulture about his departure from La La Land, October 2017.
- J.K. Simmons talks to IndieWire about his early life and career as a musician, September 2014.
- Richard Brody at The New Yorker criticises the account of jazz history offered in Whiplash, October 2014.
- J. Brian Lowder at Slate considers the amount of homophobia at play in Whiplash, October 2014.
- Barbara Herman at International Business Times discusses the homoerotic tension of Whiplash, October 2014.
- Dan Ozzi at Vice discusses the experience of watching Whiplash on a plane with no headphones, November 2015.
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