Whiplash '89

Whiplash '89

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Release Date

9/25/2026

Runtime

5 mins

Genres

Overview

A tedious day in film school is interrupted by a psychic escape into the glorious excess of a 1989 Metallica concert. Part classroom satire, part headbanger fantasy, Whiplash '89 transforms film-school boredom into a no-budget act of cinematic rebellion.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A deliberately scrappy film-school short that bursts out of its mundane classroom setup into anarchic headbanger fantasy, celebrating the liberating power of loud music and creative rebellion over institutional tedium.

Mood

PlayfulEuphoricDefiant

Themes

Art and creationFreedomComing of age

Tone

Satirical

Pacing

Brisk

Look

Stylized genre

Structure

Framed flashback

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