Crash
- Year: 1996
- Country of origin: Canada, UK
- Genre: Drama
- Director: David Cronenberg
- Length: 100 min
- IMDb rating:
Synopsis
Crash (1996) centers on a detached film producer whose near-fatal car accident introduces him and his wife to a group fixated on the erotic and psychological effects of violent crashes. As increasingly dangerous encounters, staged collisions, and obsessive relationships begin reshaping their emotional and sexual lives, fascination with injury and technological destruction steadily replaces ordinary intimacy and restraint. This Canadian erotic psychological thriller examines the collision between technology, desire, and bodily trauma within a detached modern landscape, as personal boundaries erode, with fetishism, alienation, and self-destructive obsession.
Selected disc options for Crash
| Extras | Arrow BD-ALL 4K/UK 2020 | Criterion BD-A/US 2020 | Umbrella BD-ALL/AU 2022 | Arrow BD-B/UK 2020 | Warner DVD-R-0/US 2014 | New Line DVD-1/US/OOP 1998 |
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| Audio Commentary by Adrian Martin | has extra | has extra | ||||
| Audio Commentary by Director David Cronenberg | has extra | |||||
| Introduction by Director David Cronenberg | has extra | |||||
| Architect of Pain: The Cronenberg Project - Video Essay by Caelum Vatnsdal | has extra | has extra | ||||
| Behind-the-Scenes | has extra | has extra | ||||
| Crash-Talk - Q&A with Director David Cronenberg and Actor Viggo Mortensen | has extra | has extra | ||||
| The Cronenberg Challenge - Interview with Director of Photography Peter Suschitzky | has extra | has extra | has extra | |||
| Electronic Press Kit | has extra | |||||
| License to Drive - Interview with Casting Director Deirdre Bowen | has extra | has extra | has extra | |||
| Mechanical Animals - Interview with Executive Producer Jeremy Thomas | has extra | has extra | has extra | |||
| The Shore Thing - Interview with Composer Howard Shore | has extra | has extra | has extra | |||
| Cannes Film Festival Press Conference | has extra | |||||
| The Guardian Interview with Director David Cronenberg and Author J.G. Ballard | has extra | |||||
| Interview with Actor Elias Koteas | has extra | has extra | ||||
| Interview with Actor James Spader | has extra | has extra | ||||
| Interview with Actress Deborah Kara Unger | has extra | has extra | ||||
| Interview with Actress Holly Hunter | has extra | has extra | ||||
| Interview with Author J.G. Ballard | has extra | has extra | ||||
| Interview with Director David Cronenberg | has extra | has extra | ||||
| Q&A with Director David Cronenberg and Author J.G. Ballard | has extra | has extra | ||||
| Electronic Press Kit Footage | has extra | |||||
| Biographies | has extra | |||||
| International Theatrical Trailer | has extra | has extra | has extra | has extra | ||
| US Theatrical Trailer | has extra | has extra | has extra | has extra | ||
| “Always (crashing)” - By Simon Barker and Jason Wood | has extra | has extra | ||||
| “At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World” - By David Cronenberg | has extra | has extra | ||||
| “Crash!” - By Harley Cokeliss | has extra | has extra | ||||
| “Nightmare Angel” - By Zoe Beloff | has extra | has extra | ||||
| “The Nest” - By David Cronenberg | has extra | has extra |
Notes
- Arrow’s “Limited Edition” 4K UHD and Blu-ray editions include a 60-page booklet with writing by Zoe Beloff, Araceli Molina, Vanessa Morgan, and Jason Wood, a double-sided foldout poster, and six art cards. Reissued as standard editions without printed material (2021/04/05).
- Criterion’s Blu-ray includes a booklet with writing by Jessica Kiang.
- Warner’s “Archive Collection” DVD-R contains no extras.
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