STEP 1: THE TITLE: CRASH 

The introductory monologue pretty much summarizes most of what happens in this movie.  People in L:A: move back and forth in their cars, without any kind of human contact.  They need to collide in order to make that necessary human contact everybody needs.

1. WHAT DOES THE TITLE CRASH MEAN?

 Crash means an accident.

STEP 2: THE OPENING MONOLOGUE

1. (2.51 – 5.54) Read 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.”

1.1.*Discuss the meaning of these words.  

People should touch you, to regain touch with other people.  

1.2.*How do you think the woman sitting right next to him (the driver) is going to respond to this?

 Because there are too much people in L.A

1.3.The woman sitting next to Graham leaves the car and goes to where the police officer and 

the other driver are.  What kind of problem do you perceive in the conversation you hear?  

 The racism.

Choose one and explain.

-       an age gap problem

-       a racial issue

-       tension due to unsolved problems these two women had before

 Racial issue: 

Sometimes you can see racism with two characters. The two carjackers: ANTHONY and 

PETER

1.4.Graham goes to where his colleagues are working. 

 What have they found? A shoe

How does Graham react to that?

He react sad because is his brother shoe. After that there are a flashback which explains the assassinated of his brother. 

2. (35:01- 36:48) Check the problems these two men are having:

The locksmith doesn’t know how to do his job. No 

The locksmith wants to overcharge for his job. Yes

The locksmith didn’t replace the lock for a new one.Yes 

The store owner doesn’t understand English well enough. Yes

The locksmith cannot find a way to communicate effectively with the store owner. Yes

The locksmith has a friend who fixes doors; so, he wants to persuade the store owner to have  his door fixed by this friend.No 

The store owner has a door lock in his store that needs to be replaced. No 

The store owner has a door in his store that needs to be replaced. Yes

The locksmith doesn’t want to be insulted any more. Yes

The locksmith leaves without getting any pay. Yes 

The store owner believes he’s been cheated.  No  

STEP 3: WRITING A SUMMARY

Write down the characters' names and the different stories in the film.

1.Graham Walters and Ria. They are detectives, and they're investigating a crime.
2.Domi and Farhad. They have a store and they want to buy a gun
 3.Anthony and Peter. They are carjackers
 4.Daniel Ruiz. He is a locksmith and he have a daughter 
5.John Rayan and Tom Handsom. They are policeman and they save Priscine in a crash
6.Rick Cabot and Jean.  Anthony and Peter stole their car
7.Cameron and Christine. They are a black partner 
8.Chinese man and his wife. The carjackers run over him

STEP 4: WRITING THE  STORY

Choose 1 story IN THE FILM and write a summary

 in the  CRASH WIKI 

You'll have 1 of the stories. Cameron and Christine 

Write a summary of the story. 

TV director Cameron Thayer (Terrence Howard) and his wife Christine (Thandie Newton). Cameron is cooperative, but Christine has had a few drinks and is argumentative. This annoys Ryan, who sexually molests Christine under the pretence of administering a pat-down; intimidated, Cameron says nothing. The couple is released without a citation. Once home, Christine becomes enraged that Cameron did nothing while she was being violated.

Describe the characters in the story:

How do they look like? Like responsable and  unhappy 

What's the relationship between them? They are married

How do they feel at the beginning? Happy and cheerful

How do they react in the story? Very sad beacuse the police attack they 

Do they change? Yes because they became angry for the problem

STEP 5: CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

Choose on character you like: Cameron and Christine

Describe this character 

Physical description: Cameron is a black man. He's quite tall and quite fat. He's an skin head and he's wearing a fashon blue jacket and black trousers. He wears glasses. Christin is Cameron's partner. She's quite short and black, too. She wears modern and provocative clothes.

Personality: Cameron is so sensitive and so hard-working. He's happy with his wife. He's quite tollerant. Christin is a stressed woman. She sometimes shout Cameron.  She's happy with his husband and they are very happy partners.

Evolution in the story: At the begining they are so happy but when the police stoped their the problems started. They shout because when the police stoped their Cameron didn't do nothing and the policemen tought her. After that Cameron ignore her and Christin becames sad. In the end Christine elicited the crash with two another cars, but she didn't die.