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Whiplash: a masterclass in ending a movie


Few movies can match the air-sucking tension and atmosphere of the Whiplash finale. Spoilers ahead...

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Whiplash - Scene Breakdown, Analysis & Comparison

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

How to analyse sound in films

How movies teach manhood | Colin Stokes

Understanding Fallen Angels - To be a Lost Soul

Vehicles of Masculinity

Goodfellas, The Film Programme - BBC Radio 4

Dracula Revision

How to write scene transitions

Film Education resource: House of Flying Daggers

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