Crash (DVD)

Imagine living in a place so congested with people who are so self-concerned with their own pretensions and desires that it takes a car crash to bring about contact, and, in turn, their own prejudices to the ugly light of day. It's a place in which there are so many people living, but it's like entropic molecules - they bump and bounce and ricochet off their confines, til you're surrounded by chaos, but you still feel alone. Los Angeles is large but sparse, and hard to get around if you have no car. Trust me, I've been there... The car crashes are multiple metaphors in this movie about several character-driven vignettes; each story depicts the fragility and ...  Read the complete review

Not to be confused with the David Cronenberg film of the same name, Paul Haggis 2004 film 'Crash' focuses heavily on the subject of racism. Several stories are here intertwined and ultimately all of them link together. Racist people are shown from all walks of life, but there are also equal amounts of people here that are not racist in any way. It's a hard hitting crime drama, a film that I personally am a huge fan of. Given that the film won 3 Oscars, it would seem that I was not the only one impressed by Paul Haggis hit film 'Crash'. What's so brilliant about this film I feel is the intensity of it all. Paul Haggis does not hold back in the slightest in ...  Read the complete review

Christmas in L.A. On their way home from a dinner party, the district attorney and his wife are the victims of a car-jacking, when two black youths force them at gunpoint out of their cars and onto the street. On a routine patrol, LAPD officer Ryan pulls over a truck matching the description of a stolen car. Observing a young black woman behaving suspiciously in the passenger seat, he instructs the driver to get out of the car, on suspicion of drinking. Officer Ryan’s partner, Hanson, is not convinced that the incident is worthy of such scrutiny and watches his unpredictable partner nervously. In a gun merchant’s store, a Persian men sets about ...  Read the complete review

It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something……. Crash is the haunting tale of a group of mixed race people living in Los Angeles whose lives become extraordinarily linked because of a host of coincidences that happen in one night. A car crash and the brutal murder of a young black American sends Ria –a white Porto Rican- and Graham –an ageing afro American- into a dark world of politician corruption, where white politicians resent ...  Read the complete review

Crash is an American/ German drama released in 2005. It was inspired by a real life experience by co writer, producer and director, Paul Haggis. The film is rated 15 due to strong language and moderate violence. Crash has 2 versions and the theatrical version runs for 112 minutes and the director's cut for 115. Crash only had a budget of $6.5 million but went on to make $53 million worldwide, more than 7 times the budget. As money was so tight during filming, Haggis used his own house for filming as well as his, and many other staff members' cars for certain scenes. The film skips between the stories of many different characters so I feel that is ...  Read the complete review