film is a highly comprehensive art. It can integrate a variety of art forms to touch the soul, and it can also use advanced technology to create audiovisual dreams.
In recent years, such as the Marvel series of commercial blockbusters, the fundamental element of its success is the support of technical means such as movie special effects. After removing these, how attractive the Marvel space-time narrative shell remains may really depend on the feelings of those early old fans.
is another film that relies on music, song and dance, narrative, photography and other artistic methods to win. Although it is difficult to match the hit commercial films at the box office, it has always been a highly competitive existence in the awards of various film festivals.
In 2014, "Burst Drummer", which premiered at the 30th Sundance Film Festival, is a representative of this type of film.
The film was well received by most film critics. When praising the director Chazele for his ability in directing and editing, he gave the same high level of recognition to the soundtrack created by Justin Heviz and the editing of Tom Cross.
The film was shortlisted and won many awards. In the 87th Oscar Awards Ceremony, the film was shortlisted for five awards and won the best supporting actor (JK Simmons), the best sound effect and the best Movie clip. The success of the film
basically formed the style directed by Cha Zelei, and the next film "City of Philharmonic" continued this style and achieved a greater reputation. Director Cha Zelei also became The youngest Oscar winner for best director in history, he was 32 years old. The biggest success of
"Burst Drummer" highlights two aspects: the production of film music & the thought-provoking plot narrative.
is a music movie above all. If you don’t like music enough, or you can’t stand jazz, then the appreciation of this movie may be greatly reduced.
And if you are a jazz fan, you will love this film 80% of the time. Most of the interludes in the
film were written by Justin Heviz, the musical wizard who is director Chazele’s college roommate and once played a jazz band together.
The classic jazz pieces "Overture" and "Fletcher’s Song in Club" in "Burst Drummer" were created by Justin Heviz. The most played jazz song "whiplash" in the
film was composed by Hank Levy. The name of this song "whiplash" (beating, flogging) coincides with the plot of the film.
Another piece of music "Caravan" (Caravan) is the standard of American jazz, composed in 1936 by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington.
It is worth mentioning that many of the band members in "Burst Drummer" are genuine musicians or students of music academy, and their fear and anxiety when being abused by Fletcher, played by Simmons, can be said to be true colors. Up.
In the music part, Chazelei divided the performance of the bridge into several pieces and filmed separately. Among them, the "Caravan" solo took two days to film the crew to ensure the performance of the actors and the band. The success of
's music part is indispensable to Justin Heviz, and he continued to create film episodes in the later "City of Philharmonic". The famous "City of Stars" won him the best original of the American Golden Globe Award. song. On the plot of
, this movie is also thought-provoking and even frightening.
"Burst Drummer" can be said to be a film adapted from director Damien Chazele based on his past experience.
It is said that Damien Chazele loved music when he was young and dreamed of becoming an excellent jazz drummer.
He joined a "competitive" jazz band when he was studying at Princeton Middle School in New Jersey, USA.
Cha Zelei’s band tutor at the time was very strict with Cha Zele. Cha Zele recalled that his tutor even beat his drums with his fists, cursing, "You beat too fast, too slow all at once, that’s Can't keep up with my rhythm!"
Chazerei said, "This is the most frequently heard sentence in my entire middle school career." Although it has been more than 10 years since
graduated from high school, Chazelei still couldn't forget that nightmare.
This gave him the inspiration to write the script, so he wrote"Burst Drummer" and incorporate the "fear" felt at the time into the film. The teacher Fletcher in the
film is based on that teacher. In addition to
's own mentor, Chazerei also gave Fletcher the image of a stern band chief such as Buddy Rich. At the end of the
film, it is difficult to say whether Fletcher's education method is successful, but he undoubtedly made Andrew a top-level jazz drummer. Under the torture of a strict teacher, director Cha Zelei changed his career from jazz music to film production. This may be the reality, but Andrew in the film persists in a twisted way;
, on the other hand, is still Sean Casey couldn't stand Fletcher's torture and hanged himself.
Demon command Fletcher's education method is indeed outrageous, but when he was fired from the academy and played the soothing and moving "Fletcher’s Song in Club" in the bar, how charming he was.
When Andrew finished a concert of his own with an excellent performance under the frame of Fletcher, Fletcher's last reluctance to cooperate and the slight smile on the corner of his mouth when the performance was completed may have been exhausted.
cleans up the ugliness of the soul in front of the powerful music performance. This is the commendable power of art, and it is also the reason why the director never forgets jazz and reproduces it repeatedly in the film.
