Intercultural Analysis of "Crash"
Brian Dragan
Com 200
Dr. Susan Kilgard
10/1/12
Film Analysis Paper #1
Crash
This movie Directed by Paul Haggis who also directed Academy Award Winning "Million Dollar Baby" and had also won an Academy Award for this movie as well puts a twisted story in this film. This movie symbolizes what goes on in the world today in regards to racism and stereotypes. He tries to make a point on how societies view themselves and others in the world based on their ethnicities. This movie intertwines several different people's lives, all different races, with different types of beliefs. Such ethnicities include Caucasians, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Middle Eastern. This movie includes conflicts on both sides of the picture from cops and criminals as well from being rich or poor. You become aware of everyone being ignorant and paranoid of the opposite race, creating many clashes in culture and identity. Throughout the movie you view how different races "Crash" and react with other races. In certain scenes you see how each person thinks of other races as portrayed realistically similar to what someone would expect in real life. Their reasons for why they beliefs are structured the way they are coming from either history or the present time of today.
Throughout the movie, Crash, there are many separate instances of examples of aspects of intercultural communication. Some of the many relevant themes are prejudice, scapegoating, culture shock, racial identity, and culture identity, among others. One instance in the movie where prejudice occurs is when the district attorney's wife assumed that the Latino locksmith is a "gang banger" because of the way he dressed, had his hair shaved and had "prison tattoos" on his body. This indicates prejudice because even though someone may look a certain way, it pertains indirectly to how that individual may actually behave regardless of looks. I personally have met someone where they act according to the stereotype given
Com 200
Dr. Susan Kilgard
10/1/12
Film Analysis Paper #1
Crash
This movie Directed by Paul Haggis who also directed Academy Award Winning "Million Dollar Baby" and had also won an Academy Award for this movie as well puts a twisted story in this film. This movie symbolizes what goes on in the world today in regards to racism and stereotypes. He tries to make a point on how societies view themselves and others in the world based on their ethnicities. This movie intertwines several different people's lives, all different races, with different types of beliefs. Such ethnicities include Caucasians, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Middle Eastern. This movie includes conflicts on both sides of the picture from cops and criminals as well from being rich or poor. You become aware of everyone being ignorant and paranoid of the opposite race, creating many clashes in culture and identity. Throughout the movie you view how different races "Crash" and react with other races. In certain scenes you see how each person thinks of other races as portrayed realistically similar to what someone would expect in real life. Their reasons for why they beliefs are structured the way they are coming from either history or the present time of today.
Throughout the movie, Crash, there are many separate instances of examples of aspects of intercultural communication. Some of the many relevant themes are prejudice, scapegoating, culture shock, racial identity, and culture identity, among others. One instance in the movie where prejudice occurs is when the district attorney's wife assumed that the Latino locksmith is a "gang banger" because of the way he dressed, had his hair shaved and had "prison tattoos" on his body. This indicates prejudice because even though someone may look a certain way, it pertains indirectly to how that individual may actually behave regardless of looks. I personally have met someone where they act according to the stereotype given