Crash

For the last movie of the Introduction to Film course I chose to analysis the film Crash. This was an extremely intense and emotional film that had an overall theme of racism. While watching this movie I was paying close attention to other possible themes hidden within the context of the film. One such them I felt may have some pull was that people are much more similar than they think that are. Sometimes it takes a life changing event for people to realize that they are not so different from one another. I also noticed that once the characters in the film realized that they are no different from others that they sought redemption in order to give back to society. Another thing that I noticed was that it didn't matter the race, age, nor education of the individuals they all believed themselves to be better than others and they had some form of racism.

I felt when watching this film that communication was a huge barrier between the characters in the film. The characters rushed to quick judgments and stopped listening. Once they stopped listening they could no longer understand the other character nor the happenings of the situation. They only saw blind ignorance and intolerance.

The impact this movie has on society is huge. If people would follow the life lessons of those in the film they would be less likely to be ignorant to the feelings of others. They would see that the people around them no matter what they have been raised to think about the people nor what they have encountered with random situations it doesn't mean that those types of people are all the same.

I think that the acting together with the director and script really brought this movie to life. The setting and situations also made the movie so real that just about anyone could connect with it. Most people have heard derogatory remarks made toward one race or sex at some point and this film address's many of those. I feel that various things people are introduced to through society and family shape what they have learned regarding people of various races. In one part of the movie when the character who was a director on a television set didn't want the black character to speak with a slang to his dialog had his idea put down by the white co-director. The co-director claimed that the audience doesn't want to see the actor speak in an intelligent manner and that the actor was losing his black. This part of the movie addressed media's influence on racism. If television shows only show black people speaking with Ebonics and being unintelligent then eventually the public will think that all black people must be that way.

Overall this movie was amazing and very intense. It summarized generations worth of racism. It also faced some various reasons that the racism may occur and how it has continued on. I think that anyone who sees this movie will think about their own racial or sexist thoughts and possibly come up with new feelings.