thinking crash

Calista 2022-04-21 09:01:13

When I watched it, it was a bit shocking, heart-wrenching and uncomfortable, racial discrimination and the conflict between the discriminated races, direct and helpless. Seemingly unrelated characters, different but similar stories, and finally the messy beads strung into a chain, maintaining the integrity of the film and showing the director's good grasp of this type of expression, while the actors The performance is also very good, and I think it is a movie worth watching a second time. However, after reading other people's film reviews, I realized that I was so careless about watching movies, and I didn't pay attention to the plot and details, which really wasted a lot of burden and thought of the director. However, as Lao Huang said, the director was unable to reach the realm of criticizing master due to the consideration of commercial value and political inclination, so that after seeing it, it was more like pushing the theme to the contingency and inevitability of fate and life. , which is why I put "somewhat" before "shocked", after all, it's still a long way from stressing my heart.
The director said: What I want to say is actually not racism, but a person's psychological problem. Every single one of you watching the film, every one of them has a tough problem, or too much crime, or a crazy coworker, or has been humiliated, or stripped of self-esteem, or stripped of all his wealth , but everyone reacts differently to embarrassment, and different responses lead to completely different outcomes-probably, the biggest problem you face is yourself. I think this is the original meaning of the film's name, inner conflict, not racial or political conflict, but, in this way, the racism presented in every aspect of the film has become tasteless, embarrassing myself and the film situation. Maybe, I can also use the human nature in the prevailing racism to explain, which seems to be reasonable, or maybe, I am far from understanding the meaning of this film. It is true that as a rare and good film in 2005, I think I will still watch it a second time. One day, perhaps, I will have a deeper feeling.

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Extended Reading
  • 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.

  • Shanon 2021-10-20 19:00:43

    The narrative structure is very careful. But this theme always feels too deliberate and artificial.

Crash quotes

  • Flanagan: Actually, we were thinking of you until we saw that. It's your brothers file. Twenty something years old and already three felonys. Three Strikes Law, the kid's going away for life for stealing a car. Christ, that's a shitty law. There's a warrant in there. But still, he had every opportunity you had. Fucking black people, huh?

    Graham: So, uh... all I need to do to make this disappear is to frame a potentially innocent man.

    Flanagan: What are you? The fucking Defender of All Things White? We're talking about a white that shot three black men and you're arguing with me, that maybe we're not being "fair" to him? You know, what? Maybe you're right. Maybe you're right. Maybe Lewis did provoke this. Maybe he got exactly what was coming to him. Or, maybe, stoned or not, being a black man in the valley was enough to get him killed. There was no one there to see who shot first, so there is no way way to know. Which means, we could get this wrong. Maybe that's what happened with your brother. Maybe we got it wrong. Maybe Lewis isn't the only one who deserves the benefit of the doubt. You're the one closest to all this. You need to tell us. What does your gut tell you?

  • Flanagan: The D.A's squad loses its lead investigator next month. Rick is quite adamant that his replacement be a person of color. It's a high profile position, and he wants to send the right message to the community.

    Graham: And the right message is look at this Black Boy I bought?