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MPO, DM...
Crash is certainly a powerful film. Of course the writers profused every scene with racism, that was the point and it was a movie, not real life, so they could do that. Some of the gaps were troubling, why wasn't the producer called about his wife's accident? That seemed a little odd, but maybe if I watched it again I would know. A few years ago, there was a movie called Grand Canyon, I think, that was written the same way, it was also a very good film.
posted by
food4thought
on March 25, 2006 at 5:31 PM
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Crash...
ranks as one of the most important films of our time, and it might be one of the best films ever made.
As far as the coincindences MPO mentioned, I don't deny the incredible odds of all the links throughout the film, but I think that was the point of the film: we're all connected but we just don't realize it!
What's more, the writers had to connect everyone to get their point across. If you really think you could summarize urban life more succinctly and with more power than the writers of Crash did then please, do so! I'd love to see more movies like Crash! I even hope they make a Crash Two with a completely different set of actors and a brand new take on why things happen the way they do, incredible fictional coincidences notwithsatanding!
DM
posted by
Dennison..Mann
on March 25, 2006 at 4:37 PM
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According to many people that watched the movie
they would agree with your thoughts. I will have to watch the movie and see for myself.
Critics comments:
*A crash course in unmasking the racial and class divisions in American society that make every stranger into a potential enemy."
*"After mugging us with racial disintegration, Haggis attempts an infusion of hope."
*"CRASH is about the racism we all carry within us, a fact of which Haggis feels he must remind us in almost every scene, lest we forget without his wise counsel. "
*"The theme is racism. Let me say that again: The theme is racism. I could say it 500 more times because that's how many times the movie says it, in every single scene."
posted by
Sherri_G
on March 25, 2006 at 12:27 AM
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I felt the movie delivered a terrific (and complex) message ...
And, frankly, was far more honest than the vast majority of movies dealing with race relations (which tend to demonize whites and canonize all other ethnic groups).
My only problem with "Crash" was that some of the ways the plot "twists" are so coincidental and contrived as to defy all credulity.
"[insert profound observation here]"
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 25, 2006 at 12:07 AM
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