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Crash
Liana 2022-03-18 09:01:02
I wonder, if "Crash" can get an Oscar, why can't "Pulp Fiction"? Why can't "Love is a bitch"? Perhaps the flashback of the film is different, but it is not more ingenious than the latter two in such an interlaced structure. In other words, the theme of the film is more realistic and profound, especially in revealing racial conflicts, which has a deep warning significance for American society. But I feel that for an outstanding work of art, it should not only speak to the present. Universal humanity and eternal truth are the true artistic value. So in my opinion, the themes of "Pulp Fiction" and "Love is a bitch" are broader and can infect audiences all over the world. Of course, this film is indeed a very complicated and deep story. Maybe everyone can get their own interpretation. For example, the explanation of the connotation of "car crash" at the beginning-each of us hides behind the car window, and treats people to people. The contact between them was so missed, so I took advantage of the crash to find this feeling. This reveals the coldness on the surface of industrial society and the distortions behind it. It's just that the theme of racial discrimination is too sharp and obvious, and it doesn't directly point to people's hearts, but it obscures the audience's thinking about this universal meaning. This is undoubtedly an outstanding movie, but in my mind it is definitely not as good as "Broken Arm Mountain". Although I haven't read the latter, I'm so sure.
Extended Reading
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Archibald 2022-03-21 09:01:11
Racial discrimination is a topic, but what we really want to talk about is accident, or to use a big colloquial term: fate. Just like a car crash, two unrelated people are suddenly linked together; at the same time, the performance of the two people in this fate is not isolated, but is affected or even determined by other fate. Thus, an infinite and non-circular thread was put through.
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Tremaine 2022-04-24 07:01:02
With ingenious drama and narrative structure, it strikes a blow to the impermanence of human nature. People always do evil things in the name of fraternity, until the critical point of conflict has just arrived. "Crash" has the shadow of despair, but also the dawn of hope, crime, discrimination, reconciliation, repentance... In 24 hours, nothing seems to happen, but it changes everyone, but this is just an ordinary day in Los Angeles.
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Lara: It's a really good cloak.
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Lucien: You watch the Discovery Channel?
Anthony: Not a lot.
Peter: They got some good shit on that channel.
Lucien: Every night there is a show with somebody shining a little blue light and finding tiny specks of blood splattered on carpets and walls and ceiling fans, bathroom fixtures and special-edition plastic Burger King tray cups. The next thing they show is some stupid redneck in handcuffs who looks absolutely stunned that this is happening to him. Sometimes the redneck is actually WATCHING the Discovery Channel when they break in to arrest him. And he still can't figure out how on earth they could've caught him!
[pauses]
Lucien: Psst. Do I look like I wanna be on the Discovery Channel?
Anthony: No.
Lucien: Then get the fuck outta my shop.