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James Spader (Actor), Holly Hunter (Actor), David Cronenberg (Director, Writer) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: DVD
3.4 out of 5 stars 42 customer reviews
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  • Actors: James Spader, Holly Hunter, Rosanna Arquette, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger
  • Directors: David Cronenberg
  • Writers: David Cronenberg, J. G. Ballard
  • Format: PAL
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: UCA
  • DVD Release Date: 21 May 2007
  • Run Time: 96 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000PY4WVY
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 36,653 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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David Cronenberg's controversial drama examines the relationship between sex and danger. Adman James Ballard (James Spader) becomes sexually aroused by car crashes after colliding with fellow driver Dr Helen Remington (Holly Hunter). Through Helen, who shares his arousal, James meets Vaughan (Elias Koteas), who enjoys staging and causing car crashes; James then introduces his wife, Catherine (Deborah Kara Unger), to Vaughan, and the two embark on a sexual relationship. Despite being held up by the BBFC for certification, the film remains uncut on video.

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Adapted from the controversial novel by J.G. Ballard, Crash will either repel or amaze you, with little or no room for a neutral reaction. The film is perfectly matched to the artistic and intellectual proclivities of director David Cronenberg, who has used the inspiration of Ballard's novel to create what critic Roger Ebert has described as "a dissection of the mechanics of pornography". Filmed with a metallic colour scheme and a dominant tone of emotional detachment, the story focuses on a close-knit group of people who have developed a sexual fetish around the collision of automobiles. They use cars as a tool of arousal, in which orgasm is directly connected to death-defying temptations of fate at high speeds. Ballard wrote his book to illustrate the connections between sex and technology--the ultimate postmodern melding of flesh and machine--and Cronenberg takes this theme to the final frontier of sexual expression. Holly Hunter, James Spader and Deborah Unger are utterly fearless in roles that few actors would dare to play, and their surrender to Cronenberg's vision makes Crash an utterly unique and challenging film experience. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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4.0 out of 5 starsSex & Drags & Wreck & Roll (Part 1)
By Adrian Stranik on 19 Feb. 2008
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
Not to be confused with this years Oscar winning sensation, you can't help but conclude that Crash 2005 must be referencing its older namesake with the opening dialogue... "We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much that we crash into each other just so we can feel something." Crash 2005 is a blockbuster on the controversial subject of racial tensions in Los Angeles.
Crash 1996 was just plain... controversial.

A decade ago the British press ran a series of front page appeals for governmental pressure to ban a new film which they'd described as "Beyond the bounds of depravity."
The 1973 J.G Ballard novel, on which the film is based, had long been a favourite of mine but as the controversy raged on throughout the summer of `96' it became apparent that the film may never be shown in the U.K. Crash had already been released in France, so by the time this idiocy hit the point where an audience of paraplegics were invited for a special screening to see if they were offended or not, I had no choice but to leave for Paris where exactly one year later Ballard's `cautionary tale' of car crash celebrity deaths would reach an apotheosis of sorts in an underpass at the Pont D'Alma.

Described by its author as "the first pornographic novel about technology" the book is about a group of car crash survivors who, led by deranged T.V scientist Vaughn, see the car crash as a new form of sexual perversion. Vaughn's ultimate fantasy is to die in a head-on collision with the actress Elizabeth Taylor who, throughout the 60's and 70's was the Princess Diana of her day; constantly hounded by the press and ultimately crucified on the beam of her own celebrity.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsFast cars, fast women.
By R Jess on 20 April 2004
Format: VHS Tape
I didn't know what to expect from previous reviews of this film, but I was pleasantly surprised. I was most impressed by the daring of the actors involved. In fact I think fans of James Spader won't be disappointed. This is a typical James Spader movie in which he plays a stereotypical cold and aloof James Spader (but that's why we like him). How many recognizable male Hollywood actors would put their carefully constructed image on the line by engaging in an erotic scene with another male actor? Not many. But fortunatley for us Spader doesn't put commercial limits on the parts he chooses to take.
Bisexuality seems to be a recurrent theme amongst Cronrnberg's most recent movies i.e. 'Dead Ringers', 'Naked Lunch' and 'Madame Butterfly'. It's an acknowledgement of that perennial Cronenberg theme, the dominance of the physical over the mental. The characters give free rein to their desires unburdened of society's restrictive mores and conventions. Their criteria for indulging in these rather eccentric pleasures is whether it excites them or not, society's prejudiced definitions of right and wrong don't enter the equation.
As for the idea that [adult relations] and cars go together, this has always been prevelant in our culture, "fast cars, fast women" as the saying goes. The thrill of stepping on the gas has conveyed an orgasmic high in countless films, books and songs. The auto industry readily endorses it if it can sell more cars.
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4.0 out of 5 starsDisturbing, stimulating
By A Customer on 5 Mar. 2001
Format: DVD
Ballard may have been out to explore the "connections between sex and technology", but I have not read the book and would say the film is more concerned with the connection and contrast between sex and death. By risking their bodies and lives in car crashes, the Crash fetishists amplify their vulnerability in order to intensify their pleasure in sex. The film is slow, but this gives the viewer time to become absorbed in the fetish; as one's natural inclination is to dismiss it as repulsive, unlikely and absurd. I would suggest that anyone who is easily disturbed should not watch this film - it is not a "great" film, so why risk upsetting yourself? But if you're up for it, climb aboard for an intellectually stimulating dark ride. The film leaves us to ponder the attraction of such a fetish: facing/embracing death and so life, breaking out from the modern cosseted world, defining ones own reality, exploring vulnaribility...
Incidentally, if you enjoyed Videodrome you will probably enjoy this.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn Exploration of the Senses
By J. Gould on 31 Mar. 2010
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
I had read several of the books written by JG Ballard. He is a thought provoking author who can be relied upon not to fall into the trap of writing to a formula. Crash is one such novel. I had seen the film some years ago and following reading the novel decided to purchase the DVD. I must confess to enjoying performances by James Spader. His projection of urbanity in the face of situations which would provoke displays of emotion in any other actor, is masterful. The content of the film is designed to invoke interest, disgust or plain fascination, perhaps all three at the same time.
It is not a film for everybody and the subject matter would put some people off. The sex scenes were erotic and without them the story and the film would lose much of the impact. An adult film for adults. A fine example of jaded extremism.
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5.0 out of 5 stars"Prophecy is ragged and dirty"
By stax on 1 Sept. 2013
Format: DVD
David Cronenberg, challenging as always, has made one of the finest films of all time about probably one of the strangest and most inherently repulsive subjects to be depicted on screen; the idea that the trauma of a car accident can be a sexually stimulating, revelatory event. That in itself has to be admired.

There's a lot more to be admired here, the film looks stunning; like a stylish half way house between voyeurism and documentary, the glacial performances and sparse dialogue perfectly suggest the characters' needs for extreme arousal in the otherwise impersonal and isolated world the film depicts and Elias Koteas' stunning performance is the black hole of obsessive but intellectualized sexual energy around which these characters revolve. Rosanna Arquette's character also deserves a special mention for being iconoclastically kinky in such a specific and original way, another special mention should go to Howard Shore for the menacingly angular soundtrack.

You may find it repulsive, you may even find it seductive but this is a film that doesn't leave the option of indifference open.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 starsJust about OK

The first half is just OK but the rest, I was just waiting for it to finish. Somehow I hoped the characters would die in a car crash conflagration, unfortunately not.

Published 4 months ago by Colin Spacecraft Man
5.0 out of 5 starsMasterpiece - Why not on Blu-Ray Yet ?

Classic David Cronenberg film (not to be confused with the Oscar Winning mediocrity of the same name) based on J G Ballard's novel, one of the most unusual movies around. Read more

Published 8 months ago by M P Crouch
1.0 out of 5 starsDisturbing

yep I hired the wrong film, started watching this and found it quite disturbing & sick therefore did not watch the end, I should have read the reviews more carefully as I was... Read more

Published 9 months ago by mrs k j milton
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Excellent

Published 9 months ago by Peter McNiff
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent.

This is an amazing film.

Published 10 months ago by David Hall
2.0 out of 5 starsDavdi Cronenberg goes experimental with sex and cars.

Crash is a very difficult film to understand, although it does have good cast that includes James Spader in the title role, however this will not appeal to people who are not... Read more

Published 10 months ago by josh91
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Brill

Published 12 months ago by mandi
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

OK

Published 12 months ago by G.C.
3.0 out of 5 starsThree Stars

memories of this

Published 13 months ago by Z. Myers
1.0 out of 5 starsMaybe the other crash is better

Thought it might be subversive and darkly exciting, but it was just boring. Didn't make it to the end of the film.
Perhaps the book is better?

Published 14 months ago by H M Reynolds

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