CRASH

A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband. 

A Persian store owner. Two police detectives who are also lovers. 

An African-American TV director and his wife. 

A Mexican locksmith. Two carjackers. A rookie cop. 

A middle-aged Korean couple...

They all live in LA. 

and during the next 36 hours, 

they will all collide.

STEP 1: THE TITLE: CRASH

What does the title CRASH mean? 

I think that the title CRASH means that the film explain a collide of cultures, traditions and people that makes people change the way to see the life. And sometimes it is the person who you don't explect who makes changes you. We have a life which goes very quickly, so it's easier to crash with someone else. Also in the film there are a lot of car crashes.

STEP 2:THE OPENING MONOLOGUE

Graham has just crashed.   
The car is now stopped.   
This is what he says:
“It's the sense of touch. Any real city, you walk, you know?, you brush past people. 
People bump into you.
In L.A., nobody touches you.  We're always behind this metal and glass.
I think we miss that touch so much that we crash into each other just so that we can feel 
something.”


I think it means that in LA nobody touches you, people are individualist, they always go into the car, so they crash into each other because they miss contact between people.

STEP 3: WRITING A SUMMARY

Write down the characters' names

and the different stories in the film.

Graham Waters and his partner Ria: They're detective and they are investigating a crime scene. Graham is Peter's older brother. 

Farhad, his wife and their daughter Dorri: They're persian and they've got a shop. Farhad buy a revolver, but he had problems to buy because the shop owner was racist.. Farhad has a door broken and he call a locksmith who tells him that he have to change the door. Farhad didn't change the door and they attack his shop.

Anthony and Peter: They're two black guys and they're carjackers. They stole Rick's car and they run over a Korean person, but finally they burn the car.

Daniel Ruiz: he is a locksmith and he works at Farhad's shop and Rick and Jean's house. He has a five-years-old and he gaves to her a invisible and impenetrable cloak.

John Ryan and Tom Hansen: They're policeman. John Ryan is very racist and his father has an urinary infection. Tom is his partner who doesn't agree with John's attitude.

Rick Cabot and Jean: Anthony and Peter stole their car. Rick is the district attorney and he wants the black community's vote but he's reallty racist. Finally, Jean find uot that her unique friend is her Hispanic maid.

Cameron Thayer and his wife: he's a Hollywood director who is oppressed by his white-skinned partners. One night John and Tom stopped their car and John made some indecent touchings to Cameron's wife.

STEP 4: WRITING THE  STORY

Choose 1 of the stories in the film and
4.1.write a summary.

Daniel Ruiz is an Hispanic locksmith who has a five-year-old daughter. He worked for Cabot's family and Farhad's shop. He told to Farhad that he has to replace the door, but he didn't do it. That night someone sack the Persian shop. So Farhad got angry and decided to kill the locksmith. When Farhad arrived to Daniel's house, he aimed him with his gun. Daniel's daughter jumped into her father's arm and she stopped the bullet.

STEP 5: CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

Peter Waters is a black young man and he is Graham's younger brother. 

He had faith on God and he always put a Virgin on the car. He did't belive that all white people is racist and he always discuss with his friend Anthony for this.

This poor character didn't evolucion in the story, because in the beginning he thought that people is good, and he died for his innocence.