Crash - Cars on fire on L.A.’s highways
The reviews for the movie Crash are all over the place, though most of them are at the high end. I think it was a good, entertaining movie with really good acting, pacing, and soundtrack, but the story relied on a long series of monumental twists of fate, a story-telling device I find quite silly. For whatever reason, the movie basically gave Mexicans a free pass, which is bizarre considering that Los Angeles - the city where Crash takes place - is rapidly becoming a Mexican city. Perhaps the director, Paul Haggis, didn’t want to piss off his maid?
Perhaps Crash should be seen as a “Los Angeles According to Wealthy White Liberals” statement, with the city teeming with thuggish blacks, racist whites, hard working Mexicans, and put upon Other Than Mexican immigrants? Or perhaps one should see it as a prequel to Blade Runner? That works.
