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Crash (1996)

★ 6.5 · 1,327 ratings on TMDB

Exploring the ultimate thrill where body and metal become one.

Crash poster★ 6.5

A car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground sub-culture of like-minded souls.

DirectorDavid Cronenberg
CastCheryl Swarts, Deborah Kara Unger, Elias Koteas, Holly Hunter, James Spader, Nicky Guadagni
GenresDrama, Thriller
The emergence reading

Crash keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing technology, desire, mortality, body.

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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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