Crash

Crash · 05:55 AM

Download for some animation test I did.

Pirate Balloon · 01-19-2007, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black Raptor

Download for some animation test I did.

Where?

Pogo · 01-19-2007, 02:56 PM

CRASH
Directed by Black Raptor

'"Crash" tells interlocking stories of whites, blacks, Latinos, Koreans, Iranians, cops and criminals, the rich and the poor, the powerful and powerless, all defined in one way or another by racism. All are victims of it, and all are guilty it. Sometimes, yes, they rise above it, although it is never that simple. Their negative impulses may be instinctive, their positive impulses may be dangerous, and who knows what the other person is thinking?

The result is a movie of intense fascination; we understand quickly enough who the characters are and what their lives are like, but we have no idea how they will behave, because so much depends on accident. Most movies enact rituals; we know the form and watch for variations. "Crash" is a movie with free will, and anything can happen. Because we care about the characters, the movie is uncanny in its ability to rope us in and get us involved.

"Crash" was directed by Black Raptor, whose screenplay for "Million Dollar Baby" led to Academy Awards. It connects stories based on coincidence, serendipity, and luck, as the lives of the characters crash against one another other like pinballs. The movie presumes that most people feel prejudice and resentment against members of other groups, and observes the consequences of those feelings.

One thing that happens, again and again, is that peoples' assumptions prevent them from seeing the actual person standing before them. An Iranian (Shaun Toub) is thought to be an Arab, although Iranians are Persian. Both the Iranian and the white wife of the district attorney (Sandra Bullock) believe a Mexican-American locksmith (Michael Pena) is a gang member and a crook, but he is a family man.

A black cop (Don Cheadle) is having an affair with his Latina partner (Jennifer Esposito), but never gets it straight which country she's from. A cop (Matt Dillon) thinks a light-skinned black woman (Thandie Newton) is white. When a white producer tells a black TV director (Terrence Dashon Howard) that a black character "doesn't sound black enough," it never occurs to him that the director doesn't "sound black," either. For that matter, neither do two young black men (Larenz Tate and Ludacris), who dress and act like college students, but have a surprise for us.

You see how it goes. Along the way, these people say exactly what they are thinking, without the filters of political correctness. The district attorney's wife is so frightened by a street encounter that she has the locks changed, then assumes the locksmith will be back with his "homies" to attack them. The white cop can't get medical care for his dying father, and accuses a black woman at his HMO with taking advantage of preferential racial treatment. The Iranian can't understand what the locksmith is trying to tell him, freaks out, and buys a gun to protect himself. The gun dealer and the Iranian get into a shouting match.

I make this sound almost like episodic TV, but Raptor writes with such directness and such a good ear for everyday speech that the characters seem real and plausible after only a few words. His cast is uniformly strong; the actors sidestep cliches and make their characters particular.

For me, the strongest performance is by Matt Dillon, as the racist cop in anguish over his father. He makes an unnecessary traffic stop when he thinks he sees the black TV director and his light-skinned wife doing something they really shouldn't be doing at the same time they're driving. True enough, but he wouldn't have stopped a black couple or a white couple. He humiliates the woman with an invasive body search, while her husband is forced to stand by powerless, because the cops have the guns -- Dillon, and also an unseasoned rookie (Ryan Phillippe), who hates what he's seeing but has to back up his partner.

That traffic stop shows Dillon's cop as vile and hateful. But later we see him trying to care for his sick father, and we understand why he explodes at the HMO worker (whose race is only an excuse for his anger). He victimizes others by exercising his power, and is impotent when it comes to helping his father. Then the plot turns ironically on itself, and both of the cops find themselves, in very different ways, saving the lives of the very same TV director and his wife. Is this just manipulative storytelling? It didn't feel that way to me, because it serves a deeper purpose than mere irony: Raptor is telling parables, in which the characters learn the lessons they have earned by their behavior.

Other cross-cutting Los Angeles stories come to mind, especially Lawrence Kasdan's more optimistic "Grand Canyon" and Robert Altman's more humanistic "Short Cuts." But "Crash" finds a way of its own. It shows the way we all leap to conclusions based on race -- yes, all of us, of all races, and however fair-minded we may try to be -- and we pay a price for that. If there is hope in the story, it comes because as the characters crash into one another, they learn things, mostly about themselves. Almost all of them are still alive at the end, and are better people because of what has happened to them. Not happier, not calmer, not even wiser, but better. Then there are those few who kill or get killed; racism has tragedy built in.

Not many films have the possibility of making their audiences better people. I don't expect "Crash" to work any miracles, but I believe anyone seeing it is likely to be moved to have a little more sympathy for people not like themselves. The movie contains hurt, coldness and cruelty, but is it without hope? Not at all. Stand back and consider. All of these people, superficially so different, share the city and learn that they share similar fears and hopes. Until several hundred years ago, most people everywhere on earth never saw anybody who didn't look like them. They were not racist because, as far as they knew, there was only one race. You may have to look hard to see it, but "Crash" is a film about progress.'

Don't tell Roger Ebert I'm stealing his reviews... :(

Wozal · 01-19-2007, 03:14 PM

ummmm

Red Scorpion · 01-19-2007, 03:46 PM

Uh... What does Zelda have to do with this thread?

Pirate Balloon · 01-19-2007, 04:34 PM

Both 100% gay.

Red Scorpion · 01-19-2007, 04:45 PM

Lol.

Wozal · 01-19-2007, 05:18 PM

the name of the character says it all my friend

Red Scorpion · 01-19-2007, 07:25 PM

Since when did I become you're friend?

Aaron Haynes · 01-19-2007, 09:18 PM

Raptor, you need to find somewhere to upload the movie file and edit the link into one of the "Download Mirrors" fields.

The rest of you, stop spamming this thread.

Black Raptor · 01-19-2007, 11:56 PM

I'm sorry but I guess I'm dumb.Could someone PLEASE explane to me how to put links to download. Like I said ,I'm dumb.

Aaron Haynes · 01-20-2007, 12:01 AM

That's really about as clear as I can make it.

Well, almost. Click the "Uploader" tab in the top right and if you don't have an account on Psychoholiday, sign up for one. After that, you'll be able to upload your file there, and edit your first post to include a link to the file.

Black Raptor · 01-20-2007, 12:10 AM

my problem is I don't know what to type for mirrors to download or what ever the heck it says

Aaron Haynes · 01-20-2007, 12:14 AM

Psychoholiday should give you a link to the file once it's uploaded. You'll just plug that in on the first line.

Black Raptor · 01-20-2007, 01:05 AM

how do edit the first post I made

Black Raptor · 01-20-2007, 01:05 AM

how do I edit the first post I made *sorry for the type O*

James McCloud · 01-20-2007, 01:07 AM

The edit button.

Black Raptor · 01-22-2007, 04:41 AM

so did anyone like this?I know it's crap but for crap was it okay?

Denny Betterman · 01-22-2007, 05:24 AM

You put 'http://www.psychoholiday.com/uploader/files/302/Venus%2032%20Preview.3mm[/IMG]' when you should have put 'http://www.psychoholiday.com/uploader/files/302/Venus%2032%20Preview.3mm'

---....this is absolutely nothing like what you described, Venus 32 Preview.3mm obviously isn't what you were supposed to link to

Black Raptor · 01-22-2007, 05:39 AM

what the crap! so it's not crash ? god dang it. was it a movie or anything?

Black Raptor · 01-22-2007, 05:45 AM

hey denny thanks .try it now it should work .if not SCREW IT!!!!

Black Raptor · 01-22-2007, 05:48 AM

oh and pogo,what the heck was that about.I swear I wish my movie was that good, but it's not so stop lying!

Michael Sandford · 01-22-2007, 05:50 AM

yeah... the link doesn't work

Black Raptor · 01-22-2007, 05:52 AM

crap !! hold on

Black Raptor · 01-22-2007, 05:55 AM

now try

01-19-2007, 02:56 PM	#3
Pogo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,228	CRASH Directed by Black Raptor '"Crash" tells interlocking stories of whites, blacks, Latinos, Koreans, Iranians, cops and criminals, the rich and the poor, the powerful and powerless, all defined in one way or another by racism. All are victims of it, and all are guilty it. Sometimes, yes, they rise above it, although it is never that simple. Their negative impulses may be instinctive, their positive impulses may be dangerous, and who knows what the other person is thinking? The result is a movie of intense fascination; we understand quickly enough who the characters are and what their lives are like, but we have no idea how they will behave, because so much depends on accident. Most movies enact rituals; we know the form and watch for variations. "Crash" is a movie with free will, and anything can happen. Because we care about the characters, the movie is uncanny in its ability to rope us in and get us involved. "Crash" was directed by Black Raptor, whose screenplay for "Million Dollar Baby" led to Academy Awards. It connects stories based on coincidence, serendipity, and luck, as the lives of the characters crash against one another other like pinballs. The movie presumes that most people feel prejudice and resentment against members of other groups, and observes the consequences of those feelings. One thing that happens, again and again, is that peoples' assumptions prevent them from seeing the actual person standing before them. An Iranian (Shaun Toub) is thought to be an Arab, although Iranians are Persian. Both the Iranian and the white wife of the district attorney (Sandra Bullock) believe a Mexican-American locksmith (Michael Pena) is a gang member and a crook, but he is a family man. A black cop (Don Cheadle) is having an affair with his Latina partner (Jennifer Esposito), but never gets it straight which country she's from. A cop (Matt Dillon) thinks a light-skinned black woman (Thandie Newton) is white. When a white producer tells a black TV director (Terrence Dashon Howard) that a black character "doesn't sound black enough," it never occurs to him that the director doesn't "sound black," either. For that matter, neither do two young black men (Larenz Tate and Ludacris), who dress and act like college students, but have a surprise for us. You see how it goes. Along the way, these people say exactly what they are thinking, without the filters of political correctness. The district attorney's wife is so frightened by a street encounter that she has the locks changed, then assumes the locksmith will be back with his "homies" to attack them. The white cop can't get medical care for his dying father, and accuses a black woman at his HMO with taking advantage of preferential racial treatment. The Iranian can't understand what the locksmith is trying to tell him, freaks out, and buys a gun to protect himself. The gun dealer and the Iranian get into a shouting match. I make this sound almost like episodic TV, but Raptor writes with such directness and such a good ear for everyday speech that the characters seem real and plausible after only a few words. His cast is uniformly strong; the actors sidestep cliches and make their characters particular. For me, the strongest performance is by Matt Dillon, as the racist cop in anguish over his father. He makes an unnecessary traffic stop when he thinks he sees the black TV director and his light-skinned wife doing something they really shouldn't be doing at the same time they're driving. True enough, but he wouldn't have stopped a black couple or a white couple. He humiliates the woman with an invasive body search, while her husband is forced to stand by powerless, because the cops have the guns -- Dillon, and also an unseasoned rookie (Ryan Phillippe), who hates what he's seeing but has to back up his partner. That traffic stop shows Dillon's cop as vile and hateful. But later we see him trying to care for his sick father, and we understand why he explodes at the HMO worker (whose race is only an excuse for his anger). He victimizes others by exercising his power, and is impotent when it comes to helping his father. Then the plot turns ironically on itself, and both of the cops find themselves, in very different ways, saving the lives of the very same TV director and his wife. Is this just manipulative storytelling? It didn't feel that way to me, because it serves a deeper purpose than mere irony: Raptor is telling parables, in which the characters learn the lessons they have earned by their behavior. Other cross-cutting Los Angeles stories come to mind, especially Lawrence Kasdan's more optimistic "Grand Canyon" and Robert Altman's more humanistic "Short Cuts." But "Crash" finds a way of its own. It shows the way we all leap to conclusions based on race -- yes, all of us, of all races, and however fair-minded we may try to be -- and we pay a price for that. If there is hope in the story, it comes because as the characters crash into one another, they learn things, mostly about themselves. Almost all of them are still alive at the end, and are better people because of what has happened to them. Not happier, not calmer, not even wiser, but better. Then there are those few who kill or get killed; racism has tragedy built in. Not many films have the possibility of making their audiences better people. I don't expect "Crash" to work any miracles, but I believe anyone seeing it is likely to be moved to have a little more sympathy for people not like themselves. The movie contains hurt, coldness and cruelty, but is it without hope? Not at all. Stand back and consider. All of these people, superficially so different, share the city and learn that they share similar fears and hopes. Until several hundred years ago, most people everywhere on earth never saw anybody who didn't look like them. They were not racist because, as far as they knew, there was only one race. You may have to look hard to see it, but "Crash" is a film about progress.' Don't tell Roger Ebert I'm stealing his reviews... :(
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01-19-2007, 03:14 PM	#4
Wozal Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 18	ummmm
Wozal Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 18

01-19-2007, 03:46 PM	#5
Red Scorpion Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 4,229	Uh... What does Zelda have to do with this thread?
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01-19-2007, 04:45 PM	#7
Red Scorpion Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 4,229	Lol.
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01-19-2007, 05:18 PM	#8
Wozal Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 18	the name of the character says it all my friend
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01-19-2007, 04:34 PM	#6
Pirate Balloon Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,911	Both 100% gay.

01-19-2007, 07:25 PM	#9
Red Scorpion Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 4,229	Since when did I become you're friend?
Red Scorpion Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 4,229

01-19-2007, 09:18 PM	#10
Aaron Haynes Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 15,125	Raptor, you need to find somewhere to upload the movie file and edit the link into one of the "Download Mirrors" fields. The rest of you, stop spamming this thread.

01-19-2007, 11:56 PM	#11
Black Raptor Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 238	I'm sorry but I guess I'm dumb.Could someone PLEASE explane to me how to put links to download. Like I said ,I'm dumb.

01-20-2007, 12:01 AM	#12
Aaron Haynes Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 15,125	That's really about as clear as I can make it. Well, almost. Click the "Uploader" tab in the top right and if you don't have an account on Psychoholiday, sign up for one. After that, you'll be able to upload your file there, and edit your first post to include a link to the file.

01-20-2007, 12:10 AM	#13
Black Raptor Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 238	my problem is I don't know what to type for mirrors to download or what ever the heck it says

01-20-2007, 12:14 AM	#14
Aaron Haynes Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 15,125	Psychoholiday should give you a link to the file once it's uploaded. You'll just plug that in on the first line.

01-20-2007, 01:05 AM	#15
Black Raptor Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 238	how do edit the first post I made

01-20-2007, 01:07 AM	#17
James McCloud Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4,214	The edit button.

01-22-2007, 04:41 AM	#18
Black Raptor Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 238	so did anyone like this?I know it's crap but for crap was it okay?

01-22-2007, 05:24 AM	#19
Denny Betterman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,531	You put 'http://www.psychoholiday.com/uploader/files/302/Venus%2032%20Preview.3mm[/IMG]' when you should have put 'http://www.psychoholiday.com/uploader/files/302/Venus%2032%20Preview.3mm' ---....this is absolutely nothing like what you described, Venus 32 Preview.3mm obviously isn't what you were supposed to link to

01-22-2007, 05:39 AM	#20
Black Raptor Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 238	what the crap! so it's not crash ? god dang it. was it a movie or anything?

01-22-2007, 05:45 AM	#21
Black Raptor Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 238	hey denny thanks .try it now it should work .if not SCREW IT!!!!

01-22-2007, 05:48 AM	#22
Black Raptor Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 238	oh and pogo,what the heck was that about.I swear I wish my movie was that good, but it's not so stop lying!

01-22-2007, 05:50 AM	#23
Michael Sandford Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 919	yeah... the link doesn't work
Michael Sandford Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 919

01-22-2007, 05:52 AM	#24
Black Raptor Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 238	crap !! hold on

01-22-2007, 05:55 AM	#25
Black Raptor Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 238	now try

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