“I Did Not Get Slapped in the Face”: Damien Chazelle on Whiplash
Whiplash, an equally exhilarating and frightening foray into the cutthroat world of music conservatories, explores the sadomasochistic relationship between ambitious jazz drummer Andrew (Miles Teller) and his ferocious pedagogue Fletcher (J.K. Simmons). Writer-director Damien Chazelle put together his first feature, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, while an undergraduate at Harvard in 2008. It received theatrical distribution in 2010. The now 29-year-old has Whiplash in theaters, Grand Piano (which he wrote) on VOD, and La La Land in pre-production. When I spoke to Chazelle he appeared elated to be in San Francisco, but also fatigued by the endless interviews […]
by Sam Fragoso on Oct 10, 2014
