Crash Film Analysis

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Worksheet: Film analysis Title: Crash Director: Paul Haggis Genre: Crime, drama Actors: Sandra Bullock , Don Cheadle , Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito , William Fichtner , Brendan Fraser ,Terrence Howard , Chris 'Ludacris', Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate, Tony Danza, Keith David, Shaun Toub , Loretta Devine, Michael Pena, Bahar Soomekh, Nona M. Gaye. Year of production: 2004 Nationality: American Who are the characters? In the film we are introduced to several characters who interweave with each other for 2 days in Los Angeles. Some of the main characters are: • Officer John Ryan • Officer Tommy Hansen • Detective Graham Waters • Cameron Thayer • Christine Thayer • Daniel Ruiz It’s important to remember that all the characters have a function in the film. That’s because they all have a role to complete the whole story of the movie. When all the characters are introduced, they interweave with each other and make the story flow. What are the main conflicts or problems in the plot? There is no main conflict in the plot. The story is based upon small conflicts who interweave into bigger conflicts when the story develops and the character are interwoven with each other. I also want to mention that if you read behind the lines, you will see that the main problem is racism, prejudice and fear for the unknown. “You think you know who you are. You have no idea.” This is a quote from the movie and I think it’s very good. The quote reflects some actions from the movie, because many of the characters are developing and find different aspects of them selves that they didn’t know about. It turns out that all of them have prejudices for people with other background and nation. How do the characters develop during the film? In the beginning of the movie Ryan sexually molests Cameron's wife, Christine, under a search for a weapon,
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