Sentences with phrase «aspiring jazz drummer»

Teller plays an aspiring jazz drummer who is at odds with his intimidating instructor, played by J.K. Simmons.

Whiplash, the overwhelmingly riveting second feature from young (born 1985) writer / director Damien Chazelle (Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench) opens with a scene of an aspiring jazz drummer, Andrew — played with searing commitment by rising star Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now)-- rehearsing in an empty studio space.

The film follows a domineering teacher (Simmons) as he drives aspiring jazz drummer (Teller) to the edge of sanity.

Whiplash J.K. Simmons» tour de force as a sadistic music teacher is the highlight of this drama, about an aspiring jazz drummer (Miles Teller) and the mind - bending, soul - distorting pressure put on him.

It follows a domineering teacher (J.K. Simmons) as he drives aspiring jazz drummer (Miles Teller) to the edge of sanity.

Talking about his new film Whiplash in which he plays an aspiring jazz drummer who's both tortured and inspired by his brilliant teacher, Teller tells W, «When I first read Whiplash, I was feeling dead inside.

An aspiring jazz drummer taking classes at a prestigious, fictitious music conservatory in New York City, Andrew yearns to be legendary — the heir apparent to Buddy Rich, whose work he religiously studies and whose face he plasters across the walls of his dormitory.

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Whiplash stars Miles Teller as Andrew, as aspiring young jazz drummer studying at a New York conservatory.