Discussion – “Crash”
Mr. Wilson ERC
Information
Crash. Directed by Paul Higgis. Bob Yari
Productions: 2005. Film.
Won three Oscars for best Editing, best
writing or screenplay and Best Film.
Name the Main Charaters
Detective Waters
Anthony (Ludacris) and Peter Waters
Rick and Jean Cabot
Cameron and Christine Thayer
Officer John Ryan
Officer Tom Hansen
Farhad, Shereen and Dorri
Daniel (Locksmith)
What are some of the main THEMES?
Racism (obviously)
Fear
– Which usually manifests itself as anger.
Going too far
Detective Waters
Quickly write down the name of the
character(s) and answer the following
questions:
Tell me a little bit about Det. Waters’ situation.
What did Flanagan and Waters discuss in the
courthouse?
Would call him a racist? Why?
What did Det. Waters learn throughout the movie?
Anthony and Peter Waters
How do Anthony and Peter think white
people see them? Are they right?
What happens to them throughout the
movie?
What happens to Anthony at the end and
why does he change his mind?
Rick and Jean Cabot
What happens to Rick and Jean?
What does Jean discover AFTER she falls
down the stairs?
Cameron and Christine Thayer
What happens to Cameron and Christine?
How does Cameron’s anger at his own
situation at work cause him to explode?
What happens to Christine and what does
she realize?
Officer John Ryan
What’s his story?
Why is he so angry?
What does he discover about himself after
his encounter with Christine?
Officer Tom Hansen
What happens to Tom?
Why does he decide to admit he has an
“embarrassing problem?”
What happens at the end?
Farhad, Shereen and Dorri
In what situation do we meet the family?
Why is Farhad so fed up and angry?
What does he decide to do?
What does he think happened and what
does he realize?
Daniel
How is Daniel caught in the middle of all of
this?
What do you think of his character?
What is his role in the movie?
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
Now that you have all of them written out,
see if you can put them together as a
graphic organizer! (sometimes called and
“MIND-WEB!”)
http://cmap.ihmc.us/
Reflection
Considering the two reviews I handed out
– what do you think of the movie and what
kind of review would you give it?
Have you ever been involved or witnessed
some racist behaviour? Tell me about it.
Now that you have seen the movie and
done your Music/Racism project: what are
your thoughts on Racism in our society?
Done.
(I’m a Ninja.)