Movie: Crash Crash is a 2004 drama film directed by Paul Haggis. It shows the racial and social issues in America. The movie uses Los Angeles‚ California as the setting. The movie was a big success in box office and won many awards including three academy awards. The movie features a long list of stars like Matt Dillon‚ Don Cheadle‚ Sandra Bullock‚ Brandon Fraser and so on. Race is a word that is very common in our society in the past and present. We live in a multi-racial country with
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“No matter how far wrong you’ve gone‚ you can always turn around.” The world renowned 2005 film‚ Crash‚ directed by Paul Haggis‚ sends the positive message of hope and potential for redemption in the world. Many of the characters make the wrong decisions and receive grace from the universe‚ which shows the audience that they should always be hopeful and understand that redemption is possible. Although the characters’ motives may not be justified‚ an unearthly force gives them the opportunity to redeem
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afraid to awaken to reality. Their only opportunity to understand one another is by unintentionally crashing into one another. However‚ when they crash‚ their emotions are driven by fear which prevents them from awakening from their reality. Dreams are often deferred due to fear. Fear of the unknown and facing reality. Each character in the film‚ Crash has a fear of other people unlike themselves. They find it difficult to leave their border space and enter the comfort zone of others. There is
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Paul Haggis’ Crash is a drama set in the Los Angels area‚ the main concept of the film is racial and social tensions in L.A.‚ Paul Haggis claims that it’s a “passion piece” due to it being inspired by a real life incident wherein his car was stolen outside a store in 1991 as he clearly states on the Crash commentary track. Now my reaction to this film was at first shocked and in awe of the brutality of the first 30 minutes. Such as Anthony and Peter’s discussion in the first few minutes about
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Film Analysis: “MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING” Introduction to Sociology “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”‚ is a wonderful movie all about the Greek sub-culture in Chicago. This movie explores‚ and demonstrates many sociological points. This movie is exceptional because‚ this movie also shows the values of Greek immigrants living in America. Furthermore‚ the American Greeks in this movie promotes three traditional values - marry a Greek boy or girl‚ have Greek babies‚ and feed everyone. This is a value that
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Exploitation films have been produced since the beginning of film‚ but once the Production Code was no longer in effect‚ more these films could be produced and at a faster rate. One genre of exploitation cinema is the drug crime film. Starting as early as the 1930s‚ filmmakers made movies about the dangers of doing drugs. These films were often cheaply made and aimed at a small audience (Clark 4). They were theatrically simple‚ with an uncomplicated narrative: “these are films whose entire function
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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
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Psychological Disorder Analysis There are many disorders that Marla may have. The one I found to be the most common that she may have is Major depression disorder. Based on the little information given about Marla it is stated that she has had trouble sleeping‚ feeling jumpy‚ and unable to concentrate. All of these things have affected Marla’s life and her work. I think out of those symptoms she would most likely fall under the category of Major depression disorder. Many people develop depression
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What truly makes Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein an entertaining novel‚ in my opinion‚ is the mental development of each of the characters throughout the story. The best way to display such psychological progress is to compare events and thoughts from the book to Sigmund Freud’s theories on the conscience. Freud’s “id” is shown through primitive actions of certain characters; those that involve little judgment and rely on instincts rather than informed decisions. The “ego” can be observed through basic
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Psychological Disorder Analysis October 30‚ 2011 PSY/270 Marla is a 42-year-old Hispanic female who comes to the mental health clinic complaining of having trouble sleeping‚ feeling “jumpy all of the time‚” and experiencing an inability to concentrate. These symptoms cause problems for her at work‚ where she is an accountant. As a psychiatrist I would need to diagnose Marla with the proper disorder‚ explain information about the diagnosis‚ and discuss possible treatments with her. It would
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