Crash:
Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters, a police detective with a drugged out mother and a thieving younger brother, two car thieves who are constantly theorizing on society and race, the white district attorney and his irritated and pampered wife, a racist white veteran cop (caring for a sick father at home) who disgusts his more idealistic younger partner, a successful Hollywood director and his wife who must deal with the racist cop, a Persian-immigrant father who buys a gun to protect his shop, a Hispanic locksmith and his young daughter who is afraid of bullets, and more.
I watched this film at school in my Psychology class last week and i absoulutely loved it, The complexity of the film comes from the encounters between characters and their tangled lives and worlds. Haggis’ screenplay is so intricate and delicately written it is just so beautiful.
The all-encompassing theme of the film is racism, and it is dealt with bluntly, honestly, and without reservation. Every single character participates in the ugly cycle but also suffers because of it. Where racism makes for an interesting enough subject , it’s only the catalyst for a deeper, resounding story of redemption and the universality of our lonely situation which the movie becomes during its second hour. It switches from a somewhat depressing amount of moments about racism in everyday life and how destructive it is, to a throbbing, intense web of choices and consequences — life and death, and the chance at redemption.
there was an amazing ensemble of cast, which included, Matt Dillon as a patrol cop, Terrence Howard as a play director, Sandra Bullock as a rich housewife, Don Cheadle as a detective and Michael Pena as a locksmith. I think all of the cast gave really powerful performances but these five really shone bright for me and gave really intense and deep performances.
Overall this film is defienetly a must see, if you dont know this film won best film in 2005 at the oscars.
