One film that shows Lacan's theory of lack quite well is the film Whiplash (Chazelle 2014) in particular the scene above titled : Bleeding Hand and Smashes Drum, which in itself shows the drive that Miles Teller's character has towards drumming through the film.
the scene opens with a shot of the waiter pouring a jug of ice and then, Miles teller pouring a jug of ice, the ice is representative of the pain he will put himself through to be the best, as he keeps drumming his hands bleed and he puts his hands into the jug of ice water we get a shot where we see the blood and the water mix, this shows his obsession taking over his life, as he has lost his girlfriend and is slowly losing his life to become the drummer he wants to be like his idol buddy rich.
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