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Revision as of 08:08, 27 July 2003 by Dysprosia (talk | contribs) (crash - computing)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Crash is a film directed by David Cronenberg, based on the novel by J.G. Ballard, about a subculture of people who are sexually aroused by car crashes, a peculiar fetish arguably stemming from a pun on "auto-eroticism."
They re-enact famous car crashes (such as those that killed James Dean and Jayne Mansfield), cause accidents themselves and document other crashes. Both MPAA NC-17 and R versions have been produced. It won a special prize at Cannes for audacity.
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A crash is also a common term for a computer fault that brings down a program or operating system.