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The original Crash by David Cronenberg?

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Tony D.

In Reply to: RE: The Sundowners, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Crash posted by clarkjohnsen on January 21, 2008 at 15:58:43

Or Crash the two hour morality play with Matt Dillon?

The original is a worth seeking out if you've not seen it.

J.B.

Follow Ups:

I know that one man's meat is another's poison - k-k-k-kenny 17:38:07 01/25/08 (5)
but can you explain to me anything that's good about this film?
Don't worry about the technical qualities of cinematography, sound and so on - I know they're o.k.
- A bookend to Videodrome. - Tony D. 21:28:42 01/25/08 (1)
  powermatic has summed my own thoughts up regarding this film so well that there's not much I can add.
  
  I will say thank God for directors like Cronenberg, I might not always share his vision but he has the courage to go places many directors won't even consider. Is the ride always fun? No, but for the most part I've found it worth the trip.
  
  J.B.
  - Of course, Haggis's 'Crash' is on clarkjohnsen's 'worst' - powermatic 23:19:53 01/25/08 (0)
    list only because it insults his perception of The World We Live In, and his political views. I'm not saying 'Crash II' deserved all the accolades it received, I don't think it did deserve them. But that opinion is from a purely movie-making perspective, not because it didn't jibe with my politics.
    
    In other words, it was an entertaining, though flawed, movie. For clarkjohnsen to put it on his 'worst I've ever seen' list is to assume that clarkjohnsen has seen a maximum of three movies in his lifetime.
    
    Which may be true-who knows.
- Hmmm. So all the 'technical qualities' are fine, - powermatic 20:14:39 01/25/08 (2)
  does that just leave the film's message? It's not exactly subtle-technology, and our (human's) place within that context. If it's the sex you're concerned about, see above-have the technological marvels we've created stripped us of even our most deeply ingrained feelings and desires? My synopsis is simplistic, and I'm not saying I agree with any of it, but I thought Cronenberg did an admirable job with a really, really tough novel to put to film. It ain't 'E.T'-actual thought required.
  
  BTW, the novel's author was J.G. Ballard, whose early life was depicted in Spielberg's 'Empire of the Sun'. Maybe that fixation with the P-51 Mustang was a harbinger to 'Crash'. The guy's brilliant. I think (not sure) that he's suffering from a terminal cancer, and desperately trying to finish his last book.
  
  'Cadillac of the skies! Cadillac of the skies!'
  - Yeah, well - k-k-k-kenny 19:25:37 01/26/08 (1)
    To me it was just a bunch of folks getting off on mutilation etc - and I couldn't relate at all.
    Other Cronenberg I have enjoyed/admired, but not this one.
    - Hey, two people didn't enjoy the same movie. I'm pretty sure - powermatic 20:03:27 01/26/08 (0)
      that's happened a time or two in the past. But, you asked a question...
      vaya con dios
      Oh, and by the way, I totally dig the P-51 too. Read into that what you will. (-:
      edit for last line
      
      Edits: 01/26/08
"The two hour morality play", a.k.a. That Piece of Meretricious Claptrap. nt - clarkjohnsen 18:44:20 01/23/08 (0)
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