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Crash The Movie

The movie Crash, created by Paul Haggis, incorporates the many struggles faced by today's racial stereotypes, into a collage of various interconnected, cultural dilemmas encountered by the film's multi-ethnic cast. Paul Haggis uses the dialogue and physical actions of his characters to illustrate the various racial stereotypes that are pre-assigned to each race by every individual. This film is a mesmerizing physical melodrama that touches the emotions of its audience's hearts and souls. Many of the elements delivered by Haggis in this film are portrayed in extreme pairs. This pattern of opposites is conveyed by his protagonist and antagonistic characters, the movie's either night or day setting, and also in the snow and fire scenes. In this film, Haggis reveals to the world the diverse roles played by the many races of modern America. Through blatantly racial problems faced by his characters, Haggis creates a deliberately disturbing film that forces his audience to question their own moral values. Each race is represented throughout the movie and blatantly displays racial discrimination and ethnocentrism. Paul Haggis incorporates the use of identification, parallel plots, reaction shots, point-of-view shots, shot/reverse shots, diegetic music, and post-modern film in the film. Through his character development, editing and special effects we are drawn into the hectic world of Los Angeles.
Haggis created several different characters in this film, but they are all connected in some way. Similar to the way Christopher Nolan presented the film Memento, Haggis shows the last scene of the movie first. With this style, the audience focuses more on the important development of the story instead of the ending of it. Most of Haggis's characters are delivered as both the victims and creators of the racism surrounding them. A love-hate relationship that is created between the characters and the audience is what delivers the film's sad and ominous tone. Another...