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Crash - 1996
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11-07-2009, 01:37 PM
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Crash - 1996
I watched this for the first time a few nights back. I was a little unprepared for how effed up it was. I guess between HOV and EP, I'd forgotten just how sick Cronenberg could be. It was art, and yes, it was fascinating, but it was also one of the most disturbing films I've seen in quite a while. The entire film was kind of a "WTF" moment.
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11-07-2009, 03:36 PM
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Cronenberg is absolutely one of my favorite filmmakers. I really liked CRASH for years. How it explores a weird fetish in a straight-forward way intrigues me. However, I've slowly begun disliking this movie more and more because it's TOO cold. Not only in the blue/black photography, in the flat performances (except for Koteas, who is GREAT), but in the overall lack of passion towards sex. I know that's the point of the movie.
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11-15-2009, 01:50 AM
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11-15-2009, 01:57 AM
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I consumed this last night and was actually unimpressed with the intensity- I was prepped for something much more pornographic. That said, it was certainly perverted in the best way.
I just don't feel like the film revels in perversion in the way that something like Videodrome does. JetmanX characterizes it well- it's too cold to be as effective as it might. Still dug the shit out of it.
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11-15-2009, 02:04 AM
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Bear in mind we're talking about 1996 intensity. Much different to 2009 intensity.
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11-18-2009, 05:04 PM
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For a film that does it right: IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES. It's far more graphic than CRASH. It's violence is bloodier. It's characters are just as twisted. The sex is all real. But passion fuels the filmmaking, no matter how twisted it gets. It's not an intellectual analysis like CRASH.
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