Crash | Blu-ray

Sexuality often plays a serious role in David Cronenberg's work, even when it isn't actually the main theme. Movies like Videodrome, Crimes of the Future, Rabid, and The Fly all take a serious interest in human transformation as both a result of and source of sexual intercourse.

Crash is the movie where the subtext becomes the text. A film all about a small community of LA kinksters who get off on car crashes and famous car crash recreations. It's a theme so absurd on its face that the film itself becomes remarkable for the seriousness with which Cronenberg approaches the material.

Beautifully filmed, with a haunting score from Howard Shore (of LOTR fame), and grounded wonderfully by James Spader and Holly Hunter meeting the director's weirdo sexual energy head on.