J.K. Simmons reflects on what drove his terrifying performance in ‘Whiplash’ (2014), and the disturbing philosophy behind his character’s obsession with greatness.
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Do you think Fletcher's actions in 'Whiplash' were justified?
This dude actually wrote Harry Potter! What a legend! 😊
One of the most incredible performances I’ve seen in a movie!!
Time to debate Epstiny
Same guy who hated Spiderman btw
This is nothing, have you seen him in OZ? Much worse😅😅
“Pulling thier internal organs out”
Holy foreshadowing now
I can see why Dr. Fletcher was who he was in the movie. A lot of the greatest musicians require absolute perfection, especially when it comes to composers in rehearsals. The musicians will practice continually until every aspect of the music is perfected.
incredible performances…
it was the same character as he played on oz
That’s actually brilliant on the directors side since trying to explain someone’s quirks or mental health is one of the most boring and lame ideas ever. It’s a great thing that the film doesn’t even try to find out why fletcher was fletcher
This film was totally brilliant.
"pulling someone's internal organs out"
Omni-Man foreshadowing his son's fate goes crazy
he is the epitome of a truely great teacher, and an exemplary example of how to treat other people.
Are you sure?
That was Vern shillinger that came out 😂😂😂
He's the Bobby Knight of Jazz Teachers
I feel like I’m the only person who watches this movie and sees fletcher’s rare gift as a teacher/skeptic… it’s ugly and shameful, but it’s a gift which is impossible to cultivate if you aren’t born with it
Newspaper guy from spider man lowkey cooking great beats
he groomed motivation
Neiman, were you overinsured or underinsured by Farmer’s?
He's living vicariously through his victims, it's the same thing parents of child actors do.
Ironically this kind of abusive behaviour is counter-productive. So in his pursuit of finding the one he ruined and demotivated many. It wasn't his "method" that made Neimann great it was Neimann's dedication.
As a leader yes yes I do the same.
Jesus loves you God bless
Typical "Viltrumite music" experience
Doing homework with your father:
He was just playing himself
He's essentially the Jos Verstappen of jazz
By the end I was so happy that he finally showed approval and respect to the kid. Without saying a word too
His performance was top shelf. No surprise there. The movie failed to maintain suspension of disbelief for me but I’m glad so many enjoyed it.
Never thought a movie about Jazz drumming would make me uncomfortable, bur Whiplash did just that! Brilliant movie!
"Not my fucking tempo!!"
Fletcher couldn’t be one of the greats himself so the next best thing in his mind is to have the claim to fame of finding the next Charlie Parker and part of the idea also came from that story of Jo Jones throwing a cymbal at him. but anyways he thinks the most effective way to achieve this is by running his ensemble as a sort of crucible like it’s a military special forces training camp. He didn’t pick Neiman to transfer to his band because he “saw something in him” more than anyone else like many people claim but rather because he was just another drummer that he could put through the meat grinder and see if anything good comes out on the other side.
He was very good at playing an insecure, desperate burnout.
Bro really gave me ptsd from my old job
Iconic performance and it inspired our song Obsession
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