· directed by Harley Coklisswith J. G. Ballard and Gabrielle Drake. Crash is a novel by English author J.G. Ballard. The story revolves around the phenomenon known as symphorophilia, and more specifically, car-crash sexual fetishism. · Crash by JG Ballard John Crace ploughs into the still controversial tale of fetishised collisions, so you don't have to. It's been somewhat toned down, believe it or not, but remains highly Author: John Crace.
A startling and at times unsettlingly prescient collection of J.G. Ballard's greatest interviews. J.G. Ballard was a literary giant. Best known for his controversial bestseller 'Crash' and the memoir 'Empire of the Sun', he was a writer of unique talent - always surprising, frequently prescient. Crash is a novel by English author J.G. Ballard. The story revolves around the phenomenon known as symphorophilia, and more specifically, car-crash sexual fetishism. Told through the eyes of James Ballard, a young man who, after being involved in a car crash, finds a friend in another man who is obsessed with accidents of this type. That writer J. G. Ballard died this past Sunday, in the midst of the global economic crash, makes perfectly sad sense. Ballard was a harbinger of an apocalypse brought on by unrestrained commercialization, and a prophetic voice for both the possibilities and the pathologies of our increasingly technologized world.
Crash is, in fact, a bad book. Oh, it does some of what Ballard promised, and it remains an interesting idea, but the writing is not equal to the concept and lets the book (and the reader) down. Ballard's style may appeal to some; the style (or rather the consistent absence thereof) certainly did nothing for us. out of 5 stars ballard, crash, 's, controversy. By Robert Helliger on March 7, In the 's, J G Ballard focused on controversial themes of sex, excess, and nightmarish scenes that disturbs the reader four decades or more later. From "High Rise", (); to "The Atrocity Exhibition", (). Crash is a erotic psychological thriller film written and directed by David Cronenberg, based on J. G. Ballard's novel of the same name. It follows a film producer (James Spader) as he becomes involved with a group of symphorophiliacs who are sexually aroused by car crashes.
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