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	== Cronenberg and ''Crash'' ==		== Cronenberg and ''Crash'' ==
	''Crash'' marks a departure from the conventional ‘body horror’ of David Cronenberg's film work in the 1970s and 80s, and is perhaps more thematically and stylistically similar to his 1988 film [[Dead Ringers]] in that it explores a ‘horror’ that is more psychologically based but still contains a fascination with technology and its effects on the human body.		''Crash'' marks a departure from the conventional ‘body horror’ of David Cronenberg's film work in the 1970s and 80s, and is perhaps more thematically and stylistically similar to his 1988 film [[Dead Ringers]] in that it explores a ‘horror’ that is more psychologically based but still contains a fascination with technology and its effects on the human body.
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David Cronenberg's 1996 adaptation of J.G. Ballard's 1973 novel Crash, about a group of individuals whose sexual identities and practices are connected to an underworld of high speed chases and car crashes, was met with much controversy at the time of its release, particularly in Britain where an entire censorship campaign was launched against the film [cite].

Crash explores themes of human sexuality in relation to technology and machines, with automobiles serving as the ultimate symbols of convenience and progress that modern society has to offer. In Crash, sexuality and technology are associated with pleasure, and ultimately with death. The narrative plunges the viewer into a world of car crash victims and their search for fulfillment through traffic accidents - the audience watches the characters end up badly scarred (physically and emotionally), paralyzed, and even dead.

Cronenberg and Crash

Crash marks a departure from the conventional ‘body horror’ of David Cronenberg's film work in the 1970s and 80s, and is perhaps more thematically and stylistically similar to his 1988 film Dead Ringers in that it explores a ‘horror’ that is more psychologically based but still contains a fascination with technology and its effects on the human body.

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