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Summary: Unsettling...meditative...unforgettable
Review: As all you cable-able ones out there already know, over the past few weeks 'Crash' has become a favorite past-midnight fare on the Independent Film Channel. I saw it at 2:00 a.m... something about that quiet, eery hour conspired with the eery sophistication of the film, and 'Crash' has clicked in my mind ever since. The soundtrack is exquisite, the performances superlative, and Deborah Unger is beautiful in an other-worldly way. One suggestion: This movie is best watched at night, especially way past one's sleeping hour, when a surreal sense of optimism and alertness take over.
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Summary: ONE THE BEST FILMS EVER MADE
Review: Daring, original, penetrating, unique ... CRASH is an instant classic and one the very best films ever made. CRASH brilliantly portrays the twisted lives of people that have lost touch with conventional ways of feeling emotion or excitement in a cold and detached world. Accordingly, CRASH serves as a wonderful metaphor for society at large. The only way the characters can feel excited, stimulated and special is through the dramatic means of recreating famous car crashes like Jimmy Dean buying it in his Porsche Spyder or Jane Mansfield losing her head in a convertible. To all you doubters that have missed the point and cannot relate, let me make it clear: CRASH IS NOT ABOUT SEX!!!!!. The reason there are sexual scenes in the film is because sex is an elevated state of arousal which naturally when the characters feel stimulated from the car wreck scenes can turn to sex. The only thing I didn't care for in the film was Spader's acting; at times, it's like he doesn't understand the characters he plays and therefore does not effectively portray their transformations. But, other than that, Croneberg deserves a great deal of credit. BRAVO!!!!!
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Summary: if only there were a "no stars" option
Review: Im actually glad I saw this movie now. To see the absolute worst movie of all time at such a young age is a God send. Now when I go see movies, even if they look terrible, I can always say "It can't be as bad as CRASH. Let me summarize the plot (what have I said?)for you. All the characters work on what we called in freshman algebra the FOIL system. Just make sure every number in an equation has multiplied with all the other numbers and you have your answer. The real title of this movie should have been "NEW THINGS TO DO WITH INTERESTINGLY SHAPED LEG WOUNDS" Ewwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Is this a new genre?
Review: Is it just me or is there a strong parallel in this movie, 'Dead Ringers' by David Cronenberg, and 'A Zed and two Noughts' by Peter Greenaway ?
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Summary: If I could give it fewer stars I would
Review: After reading some of these reviews, I wonder if people have seen the same film I did. I was not shocked, grossed out, or offended by this movie...I was terribly bored. The actors were trying way too hard to look sexy and mysterious. There was nothing believable or interesting at all about this film. So you want to crash cars and have sex...who cares? If you want to see a disturbing movie, see Betty Blue. If you want sex, rent a porno.
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Summary: GRATUITOUS SEXUAL & VIOLENT GENIOUSNESS!
Review: Joe Bob Briggs would be proud of David Cronenberg's vision of the underground sexual deviance in London. James Spader has always turned in a powerhouse perfomance in his more controversial films, and this is no exception. With great supporting performances by Elias Koteas, Holly Hunter, and unsung talent Deborah Karr Unger (from WHISPERS IN THE DARK & THE GAME), this movie pulls all the stops to shock and frighten and titilate the audience. A must buy for the non-faint of heart.
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Summary: ewwwwww
Review: This has to be the sickest film I have ever seen, and i saw the R rated version. I would really hate to see what the un-rated one looks like. This film had some pretty gross scenes that makes "Dead Alive" look like Bambi. I would not recommend this film to anyone with good health. It is sick, psychgotic, and just plain disgusting.
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Summary: Absolutely amazing; stunning
Review: Probably the most daring, gutsy & creative movie I've ever seen. Not to often you see two rated versions for one e. I give a lot of credit to the director of this film. Had quite an imagination for this one.
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Summary: someone finally learned the lessons of Alphaville...
Review: This is one of the best science-fiction films I've ever seen. If you don't like the film, that's understandable. If you don't understand what it's about, maybe you've never noticed how people lust over their cars (even nondescript Hyundais and Saturns) and the freedom that cars supposedly grant their owners. Hell, maybe you've never seen a car commercial. At least "Crash" doesn't try to glorify anything about itself (unlike the auto ads).A bunch of people, traumatized by their own near-death experiences in car crashes, hold on to the experience as a level of intensity they've never known. Notice that at one point, Vaughan claims to be collecting info on crashes for a project, to see how technology is reshaping the human race. Later (and this is something that most of the reviews seem to miss), he says that there is no project, that his explanation is a lie. He's really chasing the experience itself. He and his friends have survived the most brutal thing their world can do to them. In another part of the world that experience might be stepping on a landmine, or the dropping of the atomic bomb, but in our society it's just the car crash, where normal life turns off and something else takes over, and unlike a war, _we go into the experience willingly_, we accept the risk every time we drive. The characters in this film, jaded and bored, were ripe for an obsession. Not being exceptionally bright or moral,the car accident is the one they find. There is a discussion in the film of driving acar with a history: the same kind of car in which Kennedy was shot, or James Dean died, or Jane Mansfield was killed. It's not the technology that fascinates, it's the things that happen because of it, and that, in spite of it all, people just keep getting in their damned cars and driving, as if to dare the world to kill them. Where "Fearless" was about the descent into hell and redemption, "Crash" says that we're already living in hell, and that we may not want a way out. This movie also shares a lot in common with "Il Nuovo Mondo," the Godard segment of RoGoPaG, in which a man awakens to read that Paris was hit by an atomic bomb, but nobody seems to notice but him. The city is fine, but the people are now nervous, taking lots of pills, and now his hard-won lover now only "ex-loves" him, offering no explanation as to what that means, or why her feelings have changed. The characters in "Crash" are in this way "ex-alive," they're cold and distant but with insatiable appetites for new sex and even violent injury. The acting is really great all around; I think the standout performance is given by Deborah Unger, so hungry but emotionless, she's really the monster of the film. While the others are exploring, she already knows what she wants, and what she wants other people to do to her. She's absolutely terrifying. The photography and music are crisp and hypnotic; they make the film vibrate with a constant, quiet tension. If you think the film is in bad taste, I don't know how to defend it. It seems more tasteless; it doesn't depend on what 'taste' is, and I really don't think that's pretentious. Art is supposed to be a safer place for people to explore ideas that they'd rather not bring into real life; that's all that's going on here.
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Summary: Porn with a plot line!?
Review: Crash, although some wouldn't like to admit it, has a plot line that's very entertaining. It was a dark and weird movie, but in the end it was one that made sense. I think the movie critics were very harsh on it, when it first came out. It did win some Genie awards in Canada, so it can't be all that bad. In fact it's excellent.
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