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Crash

22  NOV
FRI
Love in the dying moments of the twentieth century.


Directed by  David Cronenberg
Written by  J.G. Ballard, David Cronenberg
Starring:  James Spader (James Ballard)
Deborah Unger (Catherine Ballard)
Holly Hunter (Dr Helen Remington)
Rosanna Arquette (Gabrielle)
Elias Koteas (Vaughan)
Runtime: 100 minutes
Plot:
Since a road accident left him with serious facial and bodily scarring, a former 'TV scientist' has become obsessed by the marriage of motor car technology with what he sees as the 'raw sexuality' of car-crash victims. The scientist, along with a crash victim he has recently befriended, sets about performing a series of sexual acts in a variety of motor vehicles, either with other crash victims or with prostitutes who they contort into the shape of trapped-corpses. Ultimately, the scientist craves a suicidal union of blood, semen and engine coolant, a union with which he becomes dangerously obsessed. - Matt A. Knapp



Comment:
One of the worst movie I've ever seen and hopefully one of the worst I'll ever see in the future as well! It is hard to believe that all the dialogues in this movie were strictly centered on sex or car accidents or both. The funny bit was that after a strong visual scene there was an even stronger and unlikely dialogue and every time you think there could not be anything worse, the director managed to surprise you!

A sense of disgust prevails any other feeling about this movie. It is peculiar to note how most people in the cinema reacted with repulsion while the two male characters kissed each other, a lot of 'No, please, no!' cries filled the cinema giving a moment of amusement in contrast with the shocking scene!


Rating: 3.8  -


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