What happened to Tanner's folder? More than likely Fletcher took it because he had said he did not want to see another folder left laying around. Another possibility is that Andrew either hid the folder or lost it on purpose to sabotage Tanner and take his place as the core drummer.
Fletcher likely stole the folder to teach Andrew a lesson when he saw it carelessly laying on a chair, only he didn't know that Andrew had "Whiplash" memorized.
For the 2014 Film: Who took the folder with the sheet music? No one is even heard or seen passing by in the background. In the screenplay, it really is suggested to have been picked up by a janitor, and the folder's eventually recovered and returned to its owner, just too late.
Yes, Fletcher intentionally instructed Andrew to arrive at 6am instead of 9am in the movie "Whiplash." His motive behind this instruction was to test Andrew's commitment and dedication to becoming a great drummer [1][2].
This suggests that Fletcher is not a complete monster. He is motivated by his impatience with other people's incompetence, his own philosophy that 'jazz is dying', and the fact that being gentle, in his view, is neither productive nor satisfying.
Out of spite against him for getting him fired, he tricks Andrew into joining his band for his public concert and humiliates him by having the band play a song that he did not practice for at all, causing him to screw up with him telling him in the aftermath that he doesn't have the skills he assumed he had.
Fletcher meets his eyes and smiles knowing he has succeeded. Andrew's face lights up with accomplishment and he smiles. He has played an awe-inspiring set and finally satisfied his instructor. While Andrew was able to succeed, his final performance leads the audience to question if his suffering was worth it.
He gives that performance everything he's got, and it's not until that moment that Fletcher truly respects Neiman as a musician. In the final moments of Whiplash, he recognizes that he'll always be the villain of this story — but without him, Neiman never would've achieved this greatness. That's enough for him.
Another possibility is that Andrew either hid the folder or lost it on purpose to sabotage Tanner and take his place as the core drummer. In the screenplay, it's revealed that a janitor threw out the folder on accident. It's likely in post-production this bit was cut to make it seem more malicious.
It was the scene where the teacher in the film Fletcher berates that poor trombone player for being out of tune. Spoiler alert: He's not out of tune and Fletcher knows it but was using him as an example for his own perverted sense of teaching.
So to me the ending is a happy ending, of sorts, because he gets what he always wanted: the respect of Fletcher; greatness. But we know the cost of greatness means that he could die young like Fletcher's old student or like Charlie Parker.
"Whiplash" is technically not based on a true story, as director Damien Chazelle revealed in an interview. The characters and the school in the film are purely fictional. The character of Andrew Neiman in "Whiplash" was inspired by Chazelle's experiences as a jazz drummer in high school and college.
Whiplash 2 is not confirmed: There are no plans for a sequel to the critically acclaimed film, as director Damien Chazelle has moved on to other projects. The original cast would be crucial: Any continuation of the story would revolve around the complex relationship between J.K.
The story of Whiplash is an ironic and grim critique of ambition and hard work. The movie isn't saying being an ambitious dreamer is bad but what it is trying to convey is every vocation is always misunderstood by others and can only be fully understood by the ones who had been there.
Miles Teller did 99% of his own drumming in Whiplash, with only some scenes requiring a drum double for certain intense moments. Jazz drummer Peter Erskine criticized Teller's technique and ability, but praised the work of the drum double in the film.
Eventually, Fletcher begins to make Neiman his target of abusive behavior by throwing a chair at him for not following the tempo for the song "Whiplash". The rest of the class stays silent as Fletcher slaps, shouts and taunts Neiman for not being baffled with the tempo.
He's a power-hungry, psychopathic, gaslighting egomaniac. Fletcher is authoritarian, but his rule over the classroom is without mutual respect between teacher and student. Instead, he utilizes his advantages in power dynamics to enact abusive, unpredictable strategies to drive students towards dangerous perfection.
My interpretation is that this is actually an ultimate, final test for Andrew, Fletcher puts him in a position where his musical career would be irrevocably destroyed through negative reputation caused by bombing on stage if he doesn't do something about it.
"I know it was you." Fletcher says this to Andrew just before he is about to play at a jazz festival. This line signifies that Fletcher knows that Andrew testified against him and got him fired. This line reveals that Fletcher is setting Andrew up for failure as a way of getting revenge.
Verne Jay Troyer (January 1, 1969 – April 21, 2018) was an American actor, best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers film series. He had cartilage–hair hypoplasia and was 2 ft 8 in (81 cm) tall. Sturgis, Michigan, U.S.
As someone who doesn't read a whole lot of fiction, this book didn't disappoint. I saw the movie many years ago but the book is way better, as with most books turned movies. Whiplash is one of those rare gems, it's as much inspirational as it is tragic.
