In 1996, David Cronenberg’s psychological thriller Crash premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Although the film has been a great success as it was nominated for the Golden Palm and won the special jury award, one of the most prestigious award for the festival. It has caused tremendous amount of backlash and controversy around the world, especially in the United Kingdom. Film critic Alexander Walker from the evening standard wrote a review on the film after its premiere and he describes Crash as ‘a movie beyond the bounds of depravity’ (Walker, 1996). Because of this review, according to Martin Barker from the book The Crash Controversy, it brought more attentions such as more press reports, statements from politicians directly towards the
