Crash
film by Cronenberg [1996]
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discussed in biography
- In David Cronenberg: Rabid, The Fly, and Crash
Crash (1996) is an adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s controversial novel in which a community of disaffected people sexually fetishizes car crashes. Although the films demonstrated Cronenberg’s expanding range as a director, they were generally met with mixed reviews and fared poorly at the box office.…
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history of film
- In history of film: Australia, New Zealand, and Canada
Butterfly (1993), Crash (1996), eXistenZ (1999), Spider (2002), A History of Violence (2005), Eastern Promises (2007), A Dangerous Method (2011), Cosmopolis (2012), and Maps to the Stars (2014).
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role of Spader
- In James Spader
…by David Cronenberg’s art film Crash (1996), in which Spader played one of his strangest and most provocative roles—a man with a car crash fetish.
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