Question - Catherine
A couple of people on the board refer to Catherine's monologue as one of the best monlogues ever in film. Which monologue are they referencing?
Thanks in advance for taking the time.
Not sure. Proberbly the dirty talk when Ballard is having sex with her. Her talking about Vaughan. I should point out, that scene is cut from some versions. Its a great scene. Talking about Vaughans body and it being so scarred.
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Thank you. Yes -- you're probably right -- that was a great monologue by Unger. I caught the film on IFC the other day for the first time, and the scene was in there.
shareHm... if I had to hazard a guess I'd say it might be the monologue she says sitting beside Ballard's bed right after the accident - you know, with the SOAP.
I'd like to think it's that one because most of it are direct quotes from the novel.
Of course, I could be quite wrong: "They bury the dead so quickly these days...."
Thats true. Quite memorable scenes there too.
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Thanks everyone for your replies -- they're much appreciated. I'm motivated to read the book now.
I would have serious doubts about anyone who though any part of this film was "the best ever", never mind anything to do with the script!
On a lighter note, do read the book. I cant imagine how anyone could possible understand what was going on in the film without having read the book. If you read the book you realise how awful the film truly is.
I was amazed that there is a quote at the end of edition of Crash i read, that Ballard endorsed this film. I can only hope that it was incorrect or out of context.
Oh, but the film isn't a Ballard work. What makes the film a bit special is that it is a combination of a Ballard AND a Cronenberg piece. I'd long been a fan of both, and it was very interesting to see how thing were adapted. I think Cronenberg did brilliantly, and to have the chutzpah to include dialog - word for word - from the novel took some doing (it's so oblique).
The movie wasn't trying to be the book, it was trying to take the essence of the work, and to transcribe it - via a Cronenbergian logic - to the screen.
Personally I think it's all there on the screen for those with the patience and inclination to see it, rather than simply to pour scorn. Frankly, I'm amazed you can't see a lot of good in the film, even if ultimately you felt it failed. There is so much good stuff going on! Awful? Not at all.
Ballard is on record and having liked the film, and he did endorse it.
But each to their own. Personally I don't think it's fair to dismiss the film, but we all have an opinion which is fair play..........
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Via Cronenberg Crash. It is a Cronenberg film. The original ideas is a Ballard book but it has gone through Cronenberg to the screen. His ideology is added to the mixture of ideas. His interpretation of a mindset.
He picks up the story and dumps it in Canada. Step one of taking someones fictional autobiography and making it more your own. The streets and highways are the arteries of Cronenbergs home.
The stepping back and observations of human nature is as much Cronenberg as it is Ballard and I beleive this film works because of its overlapp. The fundamentals in this film are shared by both author and director. This gives a pretty clear vision in its adaption.
The two products are different and that is no excuse as to why the film is ligitimate. A bad adaption is clearly a bad adaption but CRASH as a film is a decisive work which is both true to the book and true as an expression by the director.
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One of my favorite scenes.
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