Ep 18 - Crash (2004)

Here we go, the first film where the Martinez family is truly in opposite corners. 2004’s CRASH, A film that’s catnip to Boomers & an offensive joke to millennials. Raquel believes this film should be taught in high school while Raphael thinks it’s post-racial bullshit. Raquel loves the nuance of the film’s characters whereas Raphael thinks everyone is racist cartoon. At least they can agree there are too many characters. The phrase “teachable moment” gets thrown around, a lot. Is CRASH a success? A failure? Raquel sure does think this film is a conversation starter. If not that, its definitely an argument starter. Probably the most heated episode yet! The Generation Splice is film podcast where retired psychologist Dr. Raquel Martinez, a Baby Boomer through and through, and her son Raphael Jose Martinez, a cranky Millenial punk rocker, former music journalist, and current film writer, discuss various films through the lens of their generation & personal experiences. Every week one host picks a film for the two of them to dissect and see if they can splice together the generation gap via their love of the movies. Feel free to write to us! Give us some film suggestions at [email protected] or @gensplicepod on Twitter. Raphael is on Twitter at @citycelluloid. You can find his film writing at cinefile.info and film-cred.com The show is produced by The Martinez Family & the show’s theme song was written, performed, & produced by Raphael.