Watch the short film that would become whiplash hollywood. The savage sundance winning short whiplash, about a young drummer facing down a brutally antagonizing. I think whiplash and birdman was the two movies i wanted to see before making my best movies of the year list, because who knows they might make the list. When whiplash writerdirector damien chazelle won the short film jury award at the 20 sundance film festival, he didnt exactly rest on his laurels.
A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student. Now deadline has word that teller is venturing into sundance territory again with a new project called whiplash, a feature film adaptation of the sundance short film jury. Is the music a real musical composition or was it specially written for the movie. The savage sundancewinning short whiplash, about a young drummer facing down a brutally antagonizing. Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity. His featurelength script for whiplash was finished, it was good, and it was making its way through the hollywood producer circuit to the tunes of positive buzz. The short film premiered at the 20 sundance film festival. Before whiplash was an oscar winner, it was a short film.
Some things are off sync by a hair, but that can be dealt with. We are the first to tell you about the best and worst movies, what new tv shows to watch and avoid, the biggest new music artists and flops, our pick of. It was a pain in the ass to do this, but im happy i did because it. Watch the original whiplash short film rolling stone. It certainly doesnt hurt whiplash s audience appeal that the film happens to be largely autobiographical. When casting the feature film version, the finalists for the role were teller and simmons. But i still think this is a well made short movie with j. Damien chazelle has taken a relatively staid subject like the relationship between a music student and his teacher and turned it into a thriller built on a brilliant. This is a great short for the same reason whiplash 2014 is one of the most intense films ive ever seen. What we can learn from whiplash the short film and. Guillermo del toro decided to produce supernatural horror mama after being impressed by the directors creepy four minute short of the same name, and neill blomkamps scifi district 9 was based on his original short alive in joburg there are still a few months of quiet at the box office before.
Andrew is different, but jk simmons is there 5 years 2 months ago. The 18minute movie, also titled whiplash and written and directed by chazelle, initially premiered at the sundance film festival in 20. Whiplash, the story of a young jazz drummer with an aggressive. Damien chazelle wanted miles teller for the role of andrew neiman when he was filming the original short film whiplash 20 but teller was unavailable so johnny simmons was cast instead. Its difficult to give damien chazelles short film whiplash, a seventeen minute long scene that is created almost verbatim in the featurelength film with a much more sophisticated production and a larger budget, a fair assessment, given the obvious. Teller was cast because he was a better known name and an actual. Whiplash isnt the first feature to get funding based on the strength of a short film pitch. Simmons already really hated rushing, dragging, and outoftune trombone players. Whiplash 2014 and the short that inspired the feature film have been edited together seamlessly in order to. They all got some welcome news last night whiplash won the sundance short film jury award for fiction. Cross then collaborated with director damien chazelle on the short film, whiplash, which won the short film jury award.
The savage sundancewinning short whiplash, about a young drummer facing down a brutally antagonizing music instructor, is about to become a feature film. This is the 18 min short film that the feature film was based on. This short film was later expanded into a feature film. This tactic of shooting a short film as a business card to get financing for a feature has been used many times in the past and it is a great way to show what you can do. Armoreska one of the earlier scenes from the movie shot before the movie to get funding. Before he knew it, chazelle had four of las best attached to the project. Watch the short film that inspired oscar winner whiplash. The 18minute short film received acclaim after debuting at the 20 sundance film festival, winning the short film jury award for fiction, which. I havent seen birdman yet but will do soon, but i finally had the chance to see whiplash and my god this movie was just so spectacularly flawless in many ways. Whiplash short that inspired movie is now online mar 2, 2015. Whiplash 20 0118 20 us drama, music 18m user score. Sundancewinning short to become fulllength feature.
The 18minute movie, also titled whiplash and written and directed by chazelle, initially premiered at the sundance film festival in 20, where it won the jury award for best short film. Simmons starred as the same character in damien chazelles short film. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Whiplash movie and short comparison short audio only. Listed script, writerdirector damien chazelle directed this 18minute short film version of whiplash for the 20 sundance film festival. On how the short film became the feature film whiplash. Before it was a best picture nominee, damien chazelles whiplash started as a. Before winning an oscar for playing fletcher in whiplash, j. The short initially premiered at the sundance film festival in 20, where it.
This is whiplash by edd lukas on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. In addition to editing the feature version of whiplash, cross recently cut the feature film time lapse for director bradley king. The short film ended up winning the short film jury award, and he got. While the short ended up fulfilling the goal it premiered at sundance in 20 and. Whiplash is a 2014 american drama film written and directed by damien chazelle. The short ended up winning the short film jury prize at the 20 sundance film festival, which lead to the feature film getting produced, and today we have the full short online. I synced up the whiplash movie and short the best i could.
That film, also featuring simmons but with miles teller as the drummer, was nominated for the academy award for. Whiplash the short movie was pretty damn good if i must say and its worth checking. Whiplash movie and short comparison short audio only youtube. Baftala short film prize winner 20 whiplash 20 austin film critics association. In an era when so many films feel more refined by focus groups or marketing managers, it is a deeply personal and vibrantly alive drama. Damien chazelles whiplash 20 short film stars johnny simmons, j. K simmons knocking it out of the park again playing the scary but understandable fletcher. In the 18minute short that inspired the feature film whiplash, j.