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"But this is not a medical tattoo. It's a prophetic tattoo. Prophecy is ragged and dirty... so make it ragged and dirty."
Molded out of husks of metal and fabric and glass, David Cronenberg's Crash frames J.G. Ballard's text as a vision to re-create, to explore to the best of his ability. Just as these characters are seeking a liberation of previously confined urges, Cronenberg is similarly eager to explore the material nature of his body horror as a sexless orgasm. The climaxes in Crash intertwine with physical collisions and emotional tensions, and are usually followed by empty satisfaction and an eagerness to go further. Inhaled fumes and shattered windshields create an atmosphere of desperate thrills in the night…