Anthony And Peter In The Movie Crash

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“You don't use that tone of voice with me.” Crash was written and directed by Paul Haggis demonstrating the lives of different individuals unfold. Throughout the film, two people, in particular, stood out. Anthony and Peter are best friends committing crimes such as robbery and murder. Their destinies could not be so different.
In the beginning scenes of the movie with Anthony and Peter, they discuss the ‘injustices’ of their neighborhood, such as the possible racism of the time. Peter believes Anthony is exaggerating when he talks about rap’s ‘bad’ history or the reason for big windows of the public bus. After Anthony witnesses, a movie director, Cameron Thayer confront the police. Anthony rethinks the way he has viewed life because of Cameron’s words “You embarrass me. You embarrass yourself.” Peter, on the other hand, is separated from Anthony and doesn’t witness the interaction between Cameron and the police letting him continue making the same mistakes. …show more content…

Their childhood is not mentioned but by the picture’s in Peter’s mom house there are a couple of photos of a male figure that could be Peter’s missing father. This mystery man has a couple of pictures with Peter's mom, the most recent picture of the couple maybe just a couple years old. Anthony and Peter justify the things they do by blaming it on the victims, “but this white woman sees two black guys, who look like UCLA students, strolling down the sidewalk and her reaction is blind fear.” Both of them believe they know everything about how they are viewed by other

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