not an expressive film

Sydnie 2022-03-24 09:02:16

While there are plenty of sex scenes, the core of the movie is never sex. Sex is only a manifestation of human liberation of the original desire, the car is the product of modern society. It's all a symbolic metaphor.
Almost all sex scenes in the movie take place in the car. It can be understood that the car is the sex space of the characters, and the car is the product of modern industry. The car shock and crash games we see are actually people's original desire and development, The "crash" of civilized modern society. For example, I just finished taking the first course. The traffic safety law stipulates that the sentence for causing death by drunk driving is not more than three years. If I indulge myself in drinking and kill someone while driving on the road, the sentence will only be three years. There is a high degree of perfection. According to the law, if I hit someone to death, I will be sentenced to three years, and morally, my crime of killing someone while drinking and driving is not a stylized item as prescribed by reason. Because of the rational provisions of the traffic law, as long as I restrict my behavior according to these laws and regulations, if I do not violate these laws and regulations, then I will not be punished for what I do, then I will be ignored. moral and ethical responsibilities.
In our life, in addition to tangible legal responsibilities, there are also intangible moral responsibilities, which is the common cognition of people since ancient times. Just like lying to a friend is not illegal, but morally it is wrong.
It is because of the highly developed industrialization and civilization of society that people's primitive desires can be liberated in despicable ways with the permission of laws, etc., so that the people in the play can so indulge in crashing games on the street and witnessing their wives. It is unethical to have sex with other men. What the movie wants to express is far more than just sex.
This is my own understanding. I only read it once, and it is almost sauce purple.

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Crash quotes

  • Vaughan: [speaking into microphone] I myself shall play the role of Dean's racing mechanic Rolf Voudrich, sent over from the Porsche factory in Zuffenhausen, Germany. Now, this mechanic was himself fated to die in a car crash in Germany 26 years later.

  • James Ballard: After being bombarded endlessly by road safety propaganda, almost a relief to have found myself in an actual accident.