Whiplash

Whiplash is a true art movie, and I say that because when you are watching it, you know you are watching real art. It's not a painting or a drawing, not in that sense, but it is a beautiful movie, truly.

Whiplash is about a first-year music student, Andrew, who is recruited to play the drums in the most prestigious jazz band in his college. The teacher and composer is a guy who often uses fear to get the kid to play their best. He makes them practice all day long and has Andrew play the drums until he bleeds. Andrew messes up a concert and finally gets fed up and attacks the teacher, who then kicks him out of the band. He soon finds out that there is a family suing the teacher and school who want him to anonymously testify against the teacher to get him fired. He does it, but runs into the teacher a few months later in a jazz club. He invites Andrew to play in a band with him at a huge concert, but when Andrew gets there, he realizes that he was set up and he doesn't know any of the music that the band is playing. He almost leaves, but sits back down and play his own music by himself and he starts cuing in the other band members . At first the teacher is furious, but he realizes that Andrew is his greatest student ever and they play amazingly. 

The teacher is based on real jazz conductors who pushed their players to the edge.

I bought the movie soundtrack and I will forever love jazz music because of this movie.   

This movie was so powerful and it spoke to my soul. I couldn't move after watching it, I was so taken aback by this movie that I had barely ever heard about. It is absolutely the best film of this century.