Whiplash (2014)
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Wikidata Q15648198, film, IMDb tt2582802, TMDB 244786: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Damien Chazelle as director (The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along); 4 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
The Big Picture
- Unattributed: 2 lines, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Babylon: 1 line career ×1
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career (fusion of filmography):
Babylon → Whiplash.
The same party sequence is described as La La Land and Whiplash blending together.
“this sequence with, uh, Lee Jung Lee as a kind of stand in for anime Wong is when I felt like this was a real fusion of the things that Chazelle had done to this point.”
The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:18:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Damien Chazelle: 1 line theme ×1
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theme (recurring theme):
Damien Chazelle → Whiplash.
Whiplash is added to the list of Chazelle films where people touch greatness and it falls away.
“they touch greatness and then they falls away, whiplash, same thing.”
The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:59:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Tom Cruise: 1 line people ×1
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people (casting analogy):
Tom Cruise → Whiplash.
Casting Cruise after Risky Business is likened to Top Gun hiring Miles Teller because he was good in Whiplash.
“This casting is closer to hiring Miles Teller for Top Gun because you're like he was good in whiplash.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:16:25 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- compared in Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan, first at 1:16:31, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge, first at 1:16:32, 1 time
- compared in The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along, first at 0:19:06, 3 times
- passing in The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022, first at 0:43:50, 1 time
- passing in The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright, first at 0:46:20, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow, first at 0:17:40, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free), first at 2:46:20, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
career (1)
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career (fusion of filmography):
Babylon → Whiplash.
The same party sequence is described as La La Land and Whiplash blending together.
“this sequence with, uh, Lee Jung Lee as a kind of stand in for anime Wong is when I felt like this was a real fusion of the things that Chazelle had done to this point.”
The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:18:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
people (1)
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people (casting analogy):
Tom Cruise → Whiplash.
Casting Cruise after Risky Business is likened to Top Gun hiring Miles Teller because he was good in Whiplash.
“This casting is closer to hiring Miles Teller for Top Gun because you're like he was good in whiplash.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:16:25 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
theme (1)
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theme (recurring theme):
Damien Chazelle → Whiplash.
Whiplash is added to the list of Chazelle films where people touch greatness and it falls away.
“they touch greatness and then they falls away, whiplash, same thing.”
The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:59:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Damien Chazelle: director (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
- Damien Chazelle: director (The Big Picture, The Top Five Movies of 2022)
- J.K. Simmons: supporting actor winner (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Judging The Judge)