Cool Video Compares WHIPLASH To The Short Film That Inspired The Feature

If Damien Chazelle's La La Land is anywhere as good as his stunningly awesome 2014 film Whiplash, it may end up being my favorite movie of 2016. But before we get a chance to see that movie, editor Jacob T. Swinney is giving us a good reason to think about Whiplash again in a new video he made that compares Chazelle's feature film to his 2013 short film of the same name. The video reveals how the writer/director recreated the entire short within the feature, cutting smoothly back and forth between the two to tell the story. Watching this actually makes me respect the feature more, because Chazelle was able to take a piece that stood so well on its own and add flesh it out into a full-length movie that works equally well.

WHIPLASH (2014) and the short that inspired the feature film have been edited together seamlessly in order to showcase the note-for-note similarities. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.