Crash-2005

Review of best motion picture of the year- “Crash ” (Lions Gate),Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers. Stepped into the movie hall yesterday with excitement to see the best movie of the year. And no disappointments, no grudges in the end.

Crash's screenplay is the real hero. Has handful of characters, white attorney and his wife (Brenden Fraser and Sandra Bullock), black thief and his accomplice, Black detective and his lover, White man with his ailing dad, Iraqi lock seller and his family, Retail shop french man and his family, two policeman, black musician and his wife. Within 2 days, they all crash into each other and their experiences/expressions guided by their perceptions makes the story line. The main plot is twained around the racism and minority segregation. It potrays real life in LA-a microcosm of American culture. In talking about the culture and real life potrayal, I could see crash analogous to DBC pierre's booker prize winning novel "Vernon God Little".

With strong story line, no wonder it won three academy awards  for 2006: best motion picture, original screenplay and Film editing. Crash had also following nominations in Academy  awards, for supporting actor role -  Matt Dillon ( the police officer), for direction -Paul Haggis, for music “In the Deep” by Kathleen “Bird” York and Michael Becker,Lyric by Kathleen “Bird” York

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