Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6024 in DVD
• Released on: 2000-04-10
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English, Swedish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 96 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
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

Special Features
1.85 Wide Screen
DVD 5
Spanish
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital Surround English\Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish
Dolby Digital Surround
Dolby Digital 5.1
Original Theatrical Trailer
English\Spanish

Synopsis
After surviving a head-on car collision that triggers a raw sexual awakening, a bored, nihilistic television producer assembles a following of other bored, death-obsessed nihilists who seek kinky thrills by investigating the ostensible erotic basis of the twisted metal, skid marks, and adrenaline rushes of auto smash-ups. Based on the eponymous novel by J. G. Ballard. The film's controversial thesis won accolades from some (a Cannes Special Prize) and censure from others. Available in rated and unrated versions.

Customer Reviews

Not for dummies
The dialogue is so thin you have to invent a lot of the story for yourself. Good crew with some good performances and just on the Art House side of Soft Porn. Should have been better.

Unbelievable but intriguing
For me this is a love hate movie.

The hate side is I cannot understand the motivation of the characters who get sexually aroused by car crashes (and not very aroused at that) either watching crashes or being involved.

The love aspect is the high quality of the production, acting and sound track. Whilst totally disbelieving of the story I became thoroughly engaged. The long languorous sex scenes between James Ballard (James Spader) and Helen Remington (Holly Hunter) seem more about explaining what the characters think rather than sex.

Maybe this is an American cultural thing, or alternatively the drama is based on the concept that fear is a powerful aphrodisiac.

Unusual, intriguing, well worth a rental.

I'd rather chew my own leg off
I turned this film off after about 25 mins. This film is trying to be shocking for the sake of it. The plot is terrible, supported by very poor sex scenes. If you want to see a film that is actually shocking and deals with dark issues, you'd be much better off watching Delicatessen, or The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.