480 WHIPLASH Part 1

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 130 minutes

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On this week's episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha revisit, breakdown and analyze 2014's brutally though provoking modern classic, WHIPLASH. From director Damien Chazelle and starring Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons (who own the Oscar for his role), Meliias Benoist and Paul Reiser. It focuses on an ambitious music student and aspiring jazz drummer (Teller), who is pushed to his limit by his abusive instructor (Simmons). It also won Academy Awards for Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing, and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Steve and John go thru the movie scene by scene and break down the direction, acting, storylines, cinematography, score, themes, message, philosophical debates and more.

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0:00.0	You are a worthless, friendless, faggid-lipped little piece of shit whose mommy left daddy when she figured out he wasn't Eugene O'Neill,
0:07.0	and who is now weeping and slobbering all over my drum set like a fucking nine-year-old girl.
0:12.0	So for the final father-fucking time, say it louder!
0:17.0	I'm upset.
0:28.2	Hello and welcome once again to the Cinephiles,
0:30.2	where each week we enter the world of a great film.
0:32.4	We explore its themes, the history, the filmmaking,
0:34.4	and the influence it has on us today.
0:35.7	My name is Steve Morrison.
0:36.4	I am a filmmaker.
0:44.1	Again, not my tempo. Not my tempo. Do that intro again. Hello and welcome to the cinephiles.
0:50.5	No. No. Was that, are you drag? You're dragging one more time. Hello and welcome to the center of, but no, see now, now you're going too fast. Now you rush.
0:56.9	John, I'm upset.
0:58.8	I'm upset.
0:59.7	Say it louder.
1:01.5	I'm upset.
1:03.2	So welcome to the cinefiles.
1:04.2	I am Steve Morris.
1:08.6	And this is my very, very demanding partner, John Roka.
1:10.2	Hello, everyone.
1:13.3	Just a little playful intro as we get into this film. I am John Roka. Hello, everyone. Just a little playful intro as we get into this film.
1:18.5	I am John Rooker, writer, producer, and host, and a voiceover artist here in San Diego, California.
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