Denotatively speaking, it means “a violent collision of one vehicle with another,” or in layman’s terms, “collision.” Most of the film’s scenes are revolving around car accidents, from the beginning to the end. But the idea of collision here is not literally car crash. It is about the crash or collision between ethnicities, races, classes, clans, nationalities, ideologies, cultures, and beliefs. As portrayed in the film, there have been several characters from different races who simultaneously and unexpectedly come into contact with one another, which is often violent and hostile encounters. Haggis has effectively combined together these factors, making the word “crash” have double meanings, denotatively and connotatively, while inexplicitly and indirectly stating it through the characters of various …show more content…
Its utmost theme evidently states the growing clash of clans among cultures. It tackles clash of races and the probability of what could happen once these cultures are put together in one setting. Now the question is, can we be together? Despite our numerous differences? Is the mixture of cultures possible? Is what the movie portrays always happen? Or are we just letting it happen? If you want to know the answers, then you better watch the film. Crash is a must-watch movie that will let you think and analyze yourself and the people around you critically and