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“It’s an odd life we live in Los Angeles, a city that uses freeways and wide boulevards to divide people by race and class. We spend most of our time encased in metal and glass; in our homes, our cars, at work.
Unlike any real city, we only walk where “it’s safe”-those outdoor malls and ersatz city blocks we’ve created to feel like we’re still part of humanity, if only humanity could afford to shop where we do…
We no longer truly feel the touch of strangers as we brush past them on the street.”
Sourced from an interview with director Paul Haggis about the film CRASH:
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