To enjoy an unparalleled orgasm by experiencing a car crash, the theme of "Crash" is undoubtedly distinctive and peculiar, that is, thinking about the interrelationship between neutrality and machinery in modern society. The first scene of the film can be seen as a clear explanation of this, and it is also an introduction to the metaphorical whole film: In the closed private airport, Catherine touches the cold wing with her plump breasts, and the man behind her begins Caress and make love with her. What swings between the vagueness and ambiguity are people, machinery, and sex, which are the basic elements that make up the film.
On the surface, the strange erotic desires in the film are quite confusing and incomprehensible. From the perspective of characters, it is not difficult to understand. In fact, "Crash" is like a fable that reveals the inner desires of modern people. Whether it is the Ballards, the female doctor Helen, or even Vaughan’s group of crash enthusiasts, they belong to the middle class who have nothing to worry about. Material enrichment has failed to fill the empty spiritual world, and even promiscuity can no longer satisfy them. Sexual ambition. Depressed and twisted minds dominate abnormal and alienated behaviors, and only extreme physical experiences like a car crash can be used to their favor.
If the social alien who loves crashing is the character of this film, and the machinery represented by the car provides the location and props of the film, then sex is the core event of the film's narrative. Unreasonable intercourse between the same and opposite sexes, "Crash" does not cover up the instinct that people have to say, which is hard to say, but makes full use of the limited space to render with great pen and ink.
The lighting of "Crash" also left a deep impression on people. Several strong lights in the dark background created the cold and sad high-contrast tone of the film, and the bare pale human body showed unspeakable despair. help. The large number of concise and neat motion shots in the film not only show the director's skill in controlling the vocabulary of the film, but also strengthen the visual idea of car collision and desire blending
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