Appeal For Communication

As one of the most popular form of pop-culture products, films have been a major concern for the scholars in the field of culture studies. Most scholars study film from the perspective of traditional analysis, they mainly focus on the entertainment level of the film, such as the plot, the visual effects, the casting, the performance and so on. These elements have long been regarded as the standards for the evaluation of a film. As the representation of the highest standards of film production, Hollywood films have made the utmost use of all the above elements in film production.Compared with the traditional film critique, now the focus of the film studying is mainly on the hidden meanings in the film. Film just like a mirror reflects the social reality in different degree. Crash has no exception, with its underlying theme—racism. Paul Haggis'Crash is a hard-hitting film whose seemingly unconnected stories and characters intersect boldly, which together reveals a theme—racial confrontation.This thesis will take Crash as the example for study and aims to discuss racial confrontation, prevailing in the United States. Meanwhile this thesis points out that the film suggests another way to solve racial confrontation—Communication. The thesis from this perspective will provide a reading of Hollywood film—Crash, which serves to illustrate that as a vehicle of pop-culture, popular films are essentially a complex cultural product and that they also provide a reading of the social problems, especially the tough problems. Therefore, the films, such as Crash concerning the social highlights, are worth studying.