Film Rushmore: Movies I Love

Whiplash Alternate Poster( Redbubble )     My goal in these posts is not just to share movies I enjoy. We've all done the obligatory icebreaker of sharing our favorite movies with others. It doesn't reveal all that much about a person besides the broad strokes of their personality. In these blog posts my intention is to share what about this movie makes it so important to me so that perhaps someone will discover a movie and take away something of their own from it. This week I have chosen to share my thoughts on the film Whiplash . A story of a drummer and his teacher that falls into chaos and obsession. The relationship and their two distinct views on excellence in art form the central conflict of the film that I find fascinating to break down.           The protagonist of the film is Andrew Neiman ( Miles Teller ), a shy and unconfident first year student at the Schafer Conservatory studying drumming. His path changes when Terence Fletcher ( J.K...

           The desire for understanding and being seen is something we can all relate to. For most of my life I struggled with the inability to put into words my emotions and thoughts. I wasn't able to even fully grasp many of the emotions swirling about in my mind. That's when, in about my sophomore year of high school, I really discovered films. Of course I was aware of them before, but this was the first time I became aware of the power that they could have over a person. I found out the ability of films to tug at your heartstrings and stir up feelings previously untouched by the world around me. Not every film has this ability for me, but over the course of these blogs I hope to share some of the films which do.       My name is Jacob, and for me, films allow us to see pieces of ourselves or who we want to be. They take messages that could be deeply personal, or exceedingly universal and bring them to life on screen in an all engross...