Summary
A traffic collision involving a disaffected commercial producer, James, and an enigmatic doctor, Helen, brings them, along with James's wife, Catherine, together in a crucible of blood and broken glass, and it's not long before they are all initiated into a kinky, death-obsessed underworld of sadomasochistic car-crash fetishists for whom twisted metal and scar tissue are the ultimate turn-ons.
Additional Information
| Series | Criterion collection ; 1059. |
| Subjects |
Traffic accident victims
-- Drama.
Fetishism (Sexual behavior) -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | [Irvington, New York?] :The Criterion Collection,2020 |
| Edition | Director approved two-DVD special edition, Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Crash. |
| Contributors |
Cronenberg, David,
1943- screenwriter, film producer, film director. Spader, James, actor. Hunter, Holly, 1958- actor. Koteas, Elias, 1961- actor. Unger, Deborah Kara, actor. Arquette, Rosanna, 1959- actor. Shore, Howard, composer. Ballard, J. G., 1930-2009. Crash. Fine Line Features, production company. Alliance Communications, production company. Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger, Rosanna Arquette. |
| Other Contributors |
Music, Howard Shore ; costume design, Denise Cronenberg ; editor, Ronald Sanders ; production design, Carol Spier ; director of photography, Peter Suschitzky. |
| Audience |
Rating: NC-17; for explicit sexual content. |
| Language |
English In English; with English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1996. Based on the book by J. G. Ballard. Special features include: audio commentary from 1977 featuring Cronenberg; press conference from the 1996 Cannes Film Festival; Q&A from 1996; behind-the-scene tootage and press interviews from 1996; trailers. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Audio 5.1. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 9781681437873 1681437872 |
| Other | Classic View |