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Dec 14, 2020 · Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger, Rosanna Arquette, and Peter MacNeill. SYNOPSIS: A couple looking to spice up their sex life...
David Cronenberg's uncompromising adaptation of JG Ballard's 70s novel Crash still shocks and disturbs despite a lack of character empathy.
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- Extras 9/10
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Technology and sexuality meet in a head-on collision in Crash– director David Cronenberg’s controversial adaptation of writer J.G. Ballard’s hugely transgressive 1973 novel starring James Spader and Holly Hunter. Spader stars as James Ballard, a film producer whose deviant sexual desires are awakened by a near fatal automobile accident with Dr Hele...
Arrow Video presents David Cronenberg’s Crashon 4K UHD Blu-ray, presenting the film on a triple-layer disc in the aspect ratio of 1.66:1. Arrow is using the same 4K restoration that Criterion is using for their North American Blu-ray edition, which was sourced from the original camera negative. The film is encoded here at 2160p/24hz with HDR10. Tho...
Arrow includes two DTS-HD MA audio tracks: the original 2.0 stereo surround one and the 5.1 remix. I only listened to the 5.1 track and didn’t find any difference between the presentation found on the Criterion. Out of laziness, I’m copying what I wrote for the Criterion edition here:
Criterion’s edition is generally fine, delivering a solid high-def presentation while porting over their LaserDisc commentary featuring the director, but the biggest disappointment is that they didn’t produce any new material for their edition, outside of a new essay. Arrow’s edition makes up for that and goes all-outwith the special features for t...
Arrow’s 4K UHD bests Criterion’s Blu-ray in just about all departments, from video to supplementary material. It’s a far more satisfying edition and the one I would go with. BUY AT:
Dec 12, 2020 · Crash Review. Cronenberg's controversial sex-and-car-crashes drama gets the deluxe Arrow treatment with this stunning native 4K release packed with extras.
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Some of Crash's near-surgical aesthetic and harder-edged sex feel more stuck in the '90s. But the fetishized car culture? It's still very much with us. Full Review | Aug 18, 2020
Rated: 4/5 Nov 27, 2020 Full Review Rob Humanick Slant Magazine [A] necessarily disturbing and equally profound inquiry into human desire, however self-destructive.
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Apr 2, 2019 · Rate This Movie. SYNOPSIS: “Since a road accident left him with serious facial and bodily scarring, a former television scientist has become obsessed by the marriage of motor-car technology with what he sees as the raw sexuality of car-crash victims.
