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Damien Chazelle

Sideshow Podcast: How to Make A Perfect Movie Before Turning 30 (with ‘Whiplash’ Director Damien Chazelle)

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No one trusted 29-year-old Damien Chazelle to make a movie about jazz, so he showed producers that Whiplash was about passion, ambition, and blood.

Damien Chazelle’s “Whiplash”: How to Make a Perfect Movie Before Turning 30

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