{"product_id":"crash-9780851707198","title":"Crash","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Cronenberg's \u003cem\u003eCrash\u003c\/em\u003e (1996) attracted controversy when it was first screened in London, and remained banned in 1998 by at least one borough council. The film won a Special Jury Prize at Cannes, only for some members of the jury to disassociate themselves from it. And yet it is a controlled, formal film, unsensational; more analytic than titillating. It is an exposé of modern pathologies. It has almost none of the violence and explicit sexual content of the J.G. Ballard novel from which it is adapted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo, what is the relationship between Cronenberg's film and Ballard's book? And further, what is the relationship between Ballard himself and the character \"James Ballard\" in \u003cem\u003eCrash\u003c\/em\u003e? In this book, which includes an interview with Ballard, Iain Sinclair explores the temporal loop which connects film and novel. If Cronenberg \"adapted\" \u003cem\u003eCrash\u003c\/em\u003e, he also absorbed it and made it into something new. Yet, the novel controls the film, or uses the film to disguise its subversive intent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596061556972,"sku":"9780851707198","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/78e6b6dee0eb04643debad0cc0047694.jpg?v=1777931604","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/crash-9780851707198","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}