481 WHIPLASH Part 2

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2026

⏱️ 184 minutes

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On this week's episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha finish off their revisit, breakdown and analysis of 2014's brutally thought 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	The truth is, Andrew, I never really had a Charlie Parker.
0:07.0	But I tried.
0:12.0	I actually fucking tried.
0:16.0	And that's more than most people ever do.
0:19.0	And I will never apologize for how I tried.
0:31.7	Hello and welcome once again to the Cinephiles,
0:34.1	where this week we are continuing our exploration of Damian Chiselle's
0:38.0	Whiplash. My name is Steve Morris. I'm a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles,
0:42.5	California. Hello, everyone. My name is John Roker. I'm a writer-producer host here in San Diego,
0:47.7	California, and voiceover artists as well, and excited to be diving back into this film,
0:53.8	Steve, and we're about to get into some real interesting moments
0:57.3	and some real interesting scenes and the meat of this movie for sure.
1:01.4	And of course, there'd be no way for us to explore this great film
1:04.4	without our incredible supporters on patreon.com slash the cinefiles,
1:08.6	as well as on Apple Podcasts where you can get ad-free versions of the show.
1:12.1	Listen to our Cinefiles short.
1:13.6	We just recorded one that should be out while you're listening to this on the Holcogan
1:18.5	documentary and in a broader sense, the responsibility of documentarians and filmmakers
1:23.6	when they're doing with real subjects.
1:25.6	And yes, we do talk about the Michael film as well. that you can get on Patreon as well as Apple Podcasts.
1:32.3	Absolutely. Another way you can support us here on the show. You guys know this. Those of you listen to the show on the podcast and hear the ads.
1:39.9	If you hear a product or a service that you want to try out, please make sure you use our code
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