Saw Crash recently. It was mesmerising. Every scene was a revelation. It captures a couple of days from the lives of a few people living in Los Angeles. The main characters are from different parts of the world: white americans, black americans, first generation arab immigrants, second generation arab immigrants, mexicans...
And mixes them all up: throws them together. They meet at various times, in varying contexts, with varying results. World view changing results. Your view of racism and race relations goes all topsy turvy. You learn of the complexities involved in the social lives of a multi-ethnic society. Real nuances, real detail.
At first, a lot of the characters seem to be from your regular movie, caricatures: the racist white policeman, the young black thug,... And then the twists start. The racist policeman is not. And the white anti-racist partner is.
Couples coping with their different ethnicities and what it means to the world. Racism is multi layered and not unidirectional. Layers get peeled, and new insights emerge.
There are some incredible turn of events, but they are all completely believable. And they all open new lines of thoughts.
Bottomline: 5 stars. Must watch. And tell me what you thought about it.
And mixes them all up: throws them together. They meet at various times, in varying contexts, with varying results. World view changing results. Your view of racism and race relations goes all topsy turvy. You learn of the complexities involved in the social lives of a multi-ethnic society. Real nuances, real detail.
At first, a lot of the characters seem to be from your regular movie, caricatures: the racist white policeman, the young black thug,... And then the twists start. The racist policeman is not. And the white anti-racist partner is.
Couples coping with their different ethnicities and what it means to the world. Racism is multi layered and not unidirectional. Layers get peeled, and new insights emerge.
There are some incredible turn of events, but they are all completely believable. And they all open new lines of thoughts.
Bottomline: 5 stars. Must watch. And tell me what you thought about it.
