Crash
Crash
After viewing the film “Crash,” which was written, directed and
produced by Paul Haggis, please write a 3-4 page paper that attempts to
correlate some of the major themes/ideas depicted in the film with some of
the ideas we have been exploring together in class.
This is to be a reflection paper, not a seemingly brilliant total analysis;
do not go to websites and plagiarize others critiques of the film! Do not
simply retell the story!
As you discuss the film in your writing, I would like you to think about
some of the following ideas as played out in the film:
-how do different social groups and identification with a particular
group impact upon ones’ vie w of the world, one’s expectations about
what the world has in store for you, how you treat others and/or expect
others to treat you?
– how do some of the characters in the film struggle against and/or
accept what appears to them to be inevitable? Where does “free will” or
individual experience , drive, motivation fit into this?
– do any of the characters work or attempt to work independently of
their own group and social pressure? What happens? Why?
-what is the role of historical moment and social/cultural context in
the lives of the film’s characters?
– what did you see or think about in the film that was surprising? That
had a special impact upon you? Have you been affected or changed in a
particular way?
– Is there something in your own life’s narrative that correlates to the
film in an especially compelling way?