Crash

1996

Toronto, Canada

David Cronenberg

Erotic Thriller

What’s it all about: James Spader tries to spice up his marriage (and Holly Hunter her career) by turning to the hot new sex trend that isn’t: fetishizing fatal car accidents.

First Encounter: in the theater, where people did in fact walk out

Prostitute Index: high

Death By: failure to yield

Relics: performance art; pins to set a broken leg

Heartthrob: Rosanna Arquette

LoFi Magic: Rosanna Arquette’s orthopedic S&M body brace; the slow-motion steel works of the opening credits

Makes me want to: buckle up

Candotti take: “Holly Hunter. rsrsrs”

@lucasholt take: “I feel like I’m watching a gif.”

Worth a watch/rewatch: Yes

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