We collide with each other just to feel each other’s existence

Kirsten 2021-10-18 09:31:08

The American movie "Crash" is a crime film directed by Paul Haggis and starring Matt Dillon, Sandy Newton, and Ryan Phillips. The film takes the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural city of Los Angeles as the background, tells the story of some racial discrimination problems caused by a common car crash. The theme of the story is that any behavior in American society will bear the mark of racial discrimination, which is the root cause of civil unrest. It premiered in Canada on September 10, 2004. The film won the 78th Academy Awards for Best Picture.
As far as the narrative structure is concerned, the film is almost perfect. The multi-line narrative that echoes from the beginning to the end, several plot lines are independent of each other and influence each other. Through one coincidence after another, the "bad guys" at the beginning and the end become "good guys", while the only "good guy" has become a "good guy". Murderer. In less than two hours of film length, to take into account the character arc changes of so many characters, while also taking into account the rationality of the plot, the depth of the director Paul Haggis's skill is really breathtaking. But the subtle plot arrangement also brings a problem-there are too many coincidences.
This is the sense of touch
shuttling between cities, you know?
You pass by people, meet each other.
No one touches you in Los Angeles.
We always hide behind cold buildings.
I think we miss the touch.
We collide with each other just to feel each other's existence.

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Extended Reading
  • Maeve 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    The emotional portrayal is exquisite, and the details are subtle, giving a glimpse of the sensitivity and intractability of issues such as racial discrimination, identity, and gun management in the United States. Crash is not only a car crash, but also a collision of the mind. Some people understand liberation, some are grateful for forgiveness, some are left behind, some are begging for everything, and some are at a loss.

  • Corine 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    When the director is a bit overstretched, when the screenwriter is very competent. If I were a judge, I would choose it as the best film, not because it was the best-looking, but because it best reflected social reality.

Crash quotes

  • Shaniqua: [talking on the phone] Mr. Ryan, your father has been to the clinic three times in the last month. He's been treated for a urinary tract infection that is by no means an emergency. Now, if you have any more questions about your HMO plan, why don't you make an appointment to come in between ten and four, Monday through Friday.

    Officer Ryan: What does my father do about sleeping tonight?

    Shaniqua: I don't know. I'm not a Doctor.

    Officer Ryan: I wanna talk to your supervisor...

    Shaniqua: I am my supervisor!

    Officer Ryan: Yeah, what's your name?

    Shaniqua: Shaniqua Johnson.

    Officer Ryan: Shaniqua. Big fucking surprise that is!

    Shaniqua: Oh!

    [Shaniqua hangs up]

  • Graham: Well, fuck you very much. But thanks for thinking of me.