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Jun 19, 2014 · Paul Haggis had a clear motive in mind when he wrote his Oscar-winning drama "Crash." "I wanted to write that movie and bust liberals. It's too easy to bust folks we consider to be racist," he told HuffPost Live on Wednesday.
Paul Haggis joins Rick to talk about what motivated him to write "Crash".
- What Happens in Crash's Ending
- How Farhad’s Bullet Missed Lara
- Why Maria Is Jean’s only Friend
- Why Graham Doesn’T Tell His Mother About The Groceries
- Why Cameron Throws Debris Into The Car Fire
- Why Anthony Decides to Ride The Bus
- What’s with The St. Christopher Statue
- The Real Meaning of Crash's Ending
After Christine (Thandiwe Newton) is molested, she gets into a terrible car accident in which her vehicle overturns. Her assaulter arrives at the scene and attempts to rescue her. At first Christine protests, as she doesn't want the man who molested her to also be the man who saves her. Eventually she gives in and lets Officer Ryan (Matt Dillon) sa...
In one of the most tense scenes of the film, Farhad goes after Daniel, Ant Man and The Wasp actor Michael Peña, and almost shoots his young daughter. After the bullet somehow doesn't hit either of them, Daniel and Lara tearfully go back inside of their house. Fahrad believes that the girl is his guardian angel, while Lara believes she is protected ...
After Jean falls down the stairs she calls one of her friends to help her. Jean chronicles the experience to her husband Rick (Doom Patrol actor Brendan Fraser), and comments that the woman has been her friend for over 10 years. Maria, who faces previous racist abuse from her employer, helps Jean into bed and she spontaneously pulls Maria in for a ...
Iron Man 2 actor Don Cheadle's Detective Graham Waters brings his troubled mother (Beverly Todd) groceries while she's passed out on the couch, presumably from heroin. After finding his brother dead, police ask his mother to help identify the body. She breaks down and tells her son that Peter brought her groceries, and that Graham didn't do enough ...
Terrence Howard's Cameron seems to face the biggest internal struggle out of the ensemble cast in regards to his race. Throughout the film, he and his wife have emotional fights about Cameron backing down when Officer Ryan molests her. Cameron's internal conflict comes to a head when Officer Tom assumes the proverbial "white knight"role by trying t...
After Anthony tries to steal Cameron's car, Cameron tells Anthony that he's an embarrassment to Cameron, a fellow black man, and himself. The experience humbles the Fast and Furious actor, and after declaring that he would never "demean"himself in this way, Anthony decides to ride the bus. His altercation with Cameron causes him to look inward at h...
According to Catholic doctrine, St. Christopher is the patron saint of safe travel. Both Peter and Tom own the statue. After picking up the hitchhiking Peter, I Know What You Did Last Summer's Ryan Phillipethinks that Peter is just being a jerk when he starts laughing about the coincidence. He reaches into his pocket to pull out the same St. Christ...
Crash is ultimately a commentary on race relations that plays out through 11 different storylines. Brendan Fraserimmaculately plays a politician who attempts to be progressive, albeit for reasons of popularity (i.e., vanity) and not out of any actual concern over policymaking that might help minorities. Jean's treatment of Daniel and Maria reveals ...
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May 29, 2024 · Paul Haggis has expressed frustration with overly simplistic portrayals of race relations, particularly within liberal circles. He aimed to create a film that disrupted this complacency.
Jun 16, 2014 · “Third Person” is the perfect title for Paul Haggis’s fourth directorial feature. It suggests the comforting barrier writers place between themselves and the characters they create, many of which embody aspects of their author. Instead of “myself” making bad choices, it’s “he” or “she.”
Dec 4, 2016 · The story of how Crash upended the industry — and changed how Oscar campaigns are waged — is best told by co-writer–director Paul Haggis and the industry players who experienced the film’s...
[6] [7] He later stated that he wrote Crash not simply to criticize racists but to "bust liberals" for the idea that the United States had become a post-racial society. [8] Haggis cowrote the first draft of Crash with Robert Moresco in 2001 after being fired from Family Law .
