'Whiplash', Chazelle: "I don't want to be a puppet on a string"

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The theme of characters pushing themselves to extremes is central to Chazelle's work and is what attracted him to also sign on to First Man, a biopic about astronaut Neil Armstrong that is in development at Universal.

"It's like Whiplash in space," Chazelle tells THR. "It's going to be another portrait of someone driven to the brink of what some people might term 'insanity' and also questioning the cost that goes into great achievement. I guess as someone who is kind of driven to the point of alienation myself, I'm attracted to characters like that."

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"There's also a temptation to jump right into some giant tentpole," explains Chazelle. "I think for some people that works, but for me I wouldn't be interested in that because I'm only interested in things I can actually direct. I'm not interested in being a puppet on a string."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/whiplash-director-resisting-tentpoles-im-747378

Still need to see Whiplash.

Mecha wrote:

Still need to see Whiplash.

Get to it.

That moment when Demange calls Chazelle "A Genius", and names his film Whiplash as his favorite of that year. Keep dat swag, comin'!

Whiplash was awesome! Can't wait!