Crash

STEP 1: THE TITLE: CRASH

The introductory monologue pretty much summarizes most of what happens in this movie.  People in L:A: move back and forth in their cars, without any kind of human contact.  They need to collide in order to make that necessary human contact everybody needs.

1. WHAT DOES THE TITLE CRASH MEAN?  

Crash mean an accidentn or a smash

STEP 2: THE OPENING MONOLOGUE

1. (2.51 – 5.54) Read the opening monologue.

Graham has just crashed.   

The car is now stopped.   

This is what he says:

“It's the sense of touch. Any real city, you walk, you know?, you brush past people. 

People bump into you.

In L.A., nobody touches you.  We're always behind this metal and glass.

I think we miss that touch so much that we crash into each other just so that we can feel 

something.”

1.1.*Discuss the meaning of these words.  

People should touch you, to regain touch with other people

1.2.*How do you think the woman sitting right next to him (the driver) is going to respond to this?

Because there are too much people in LA. This problem afect the touch

1.3.The woman sitting next to Graham leaves the car and goes to where the police officer and 

the other driver are.  What kind of problem do you perceive in the conversation you hear?  

 The racism.

Choose one and explain.

-       an age gap problem

-       a racial issue

-       tension due to unsolved problems these two women had before

Racial issue 

Sometimes you can see racism with this two characters : Peter and Antony

1.4.Graham goes to where his colleagues are working. 

 What have they found?  

A shoe

How does Graham react to that?

He react very sad, because is his brother shoe. After that, there's a flashback, that which explain the crime who did to his brother

2. (35:01- 36:48) Check the problems these two men are having:

The locksmith doesn’t know how to do his job. No

The locksmith wants to overcharge for his job. Yes

The locksmith didn’t replace the lock for a new one. Yes

The store owner doesn’t understand English well enough. Yes

The locksmith cannot find a way to communicate effectively with the store owner. Yes 

The locksmith has a friend who fixes doors; so, he wants to persuade the store owner to have his door fixed by this friend. No

The store owner has a door lock in his store that needs to be replaced. No

The store owner has a door in his store that needs to be replaced. Yes

The locksmith doesn’t want to be insulted any more. Yes

The locksmith leaves without getting any pay. Yes

The store owner believes he’s been cheated No

 











STEP 3: WRITING A SUMMARY

Write down the characters' names

and the different stories in the film.

1. Graham Waters and Ria. They're detectives, and they're investigation a crime

2. Domi and Farhad. They have a store and they buy a gun

3.Anthony and Peter. Thay are Carjakers

4. Daniel Ruiz. He is a locksmith and he has got a doughter

5. John Ryan and Tom Handsom. They're policeman and they save Christine

6. Rick Cabot and Jean. Anthony and Peter stole their car

7. Cameron and Christine. They are a black partners

8. Chinese man- The carjakers run over him.

STEP 4: WRITING THE  STORY

Choose 1 story IN THE FILM and write a summary

 in the  CRASH WIKI 

You'll have 1 of the stories. Cameron and Christine

Write a summary of the story.

 

TV director Cameron Thayer (Terrence Howard) and his wife Christine (Thandie Newton),. Cameron is cooperative, but Christine has had a few drinks and is argumentative. This annoys Ryan, who sexually molests Christine under the pretence of administering a pat-down; intimidated, Cameron says nothing. The couple is released without a citation. Once home, Christine becomes enraged that Cameron did nothing while she was being violated.

 

 

 

Describe the characters in the story:

How do they look like? Like abitiousn and unhappy

describe them using adjectives like: naïve, responsible, ambitious...

What's the relationship between them ?   They are married

How do they feel at the beginning? Happy and cherfull 

How do they react in the story? Very sad, becouse the police attack they

Do they change? Yes, becouse they became angry for the poroblem