STEP 1: THE TITLE: CRASH 

The introductory monologue pretty much summarizes most of what happens in this movie. People in L:A: move back and forth in their cars, without any kind of human contact. They need to collide in order to make that necessary human contact everybody needs...

WHAT DOES THE TITLE CRASH MEAN? 

The meaning of the title of the movie, Crash, has the meaning of seven families, all different, they're doing their own lives, and in the finally their CRASH, match their lives.

STEP 2: THE OPENING MONOLOGUE

 Read the opening monologue.

Graham has just crashed.   

The car is now stopped.   

This is what he says:

“It's the sense of touch. Any real city, you walk, you know?, you brush past people. 

People bump into you.

In L.A., nobody touches you.  We're always behind this metal and glass.

I think we miss that touch so much that we crash into each other just so that we can feel 

something.”

Discuss the meaning of his words.   

STEP 3: WRITTING A SUMMARY


STEP 4: WRITING THE  STORY

Choose 1 of the stories in the film and 
 

4.1.write a summary.

 

Today I will explain one of the scenes that caught my attention. Anthony and Peter both African American offenders were in a car they had stolen, discuss songs and singing about racism. A distraction,  heat something to spend thi truck was parked. Once we stopped, they discover that they have hit a Asian man who is trapped under the truck. Finally descuteixen do with it and decide to leave it at the door of a hospital and go.

4.2.describe the characters:

 

•  Karina Arrovaye as Elizabeth
• Sandra Bullock as Jean Cabot
•  Dato Bakhtadze as Lucien
•  Michael Peña as Daniel
• Thandie Newton as Christine Thayer
• Terrence Howard as Cameron Thayer
• Matt Dillon as Officer John Ryan
• Don Cheadle as Det. Graham Waters
• Ryan Phillippe as Officer Tom Hansen
•  Keith David as Lt. Dixon
• Jennifer Esposito as Ria
• William Fichtner as Flanagan
• Brendan Fraser as Rick Cabot
• Chris "Ludacris" Bridges as Anthony
•  Larenz Tate as Peter Waters
•  Michael Peña as Daniel Ruiz
•  Shaun Toub as Farhad
•  Bahar Soomekh as Dorri
• Loretta Devine as Shaniqua Johnson
• Tony Danza as Fred
•  Marina Sirtis as Shereen

 How do they look like?

What's his/her personality? naïve, responsible, ambitious...

What's the relationship between them?mother-son, husband-wife...

How do they feel at the beginning?

How do they react in the story?

Do they change? Why? Why not?

STEP 5: CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

Choose one character you like

- physical description

- personality

- evolution in the story