The films Remember the Titans (2000) and Crash (2004) are both heavily weighted in significant social messages. Those messages, combined with filmmaking techniques, result in interesting and, in the case of Remember the Titans, entertaining film watching. This essay explores the relationships between the film making and the social messages in both films by analyzing the messages, and the film making techniques.
             Crash is an action/thriller crime film with a diverse cast starring Sandra Bullock, as Jean Cabot; Don Cheadle, as Detective Graham Waters; Brendan Fraser, as Bullock's husband, Rick Cabot; Matt Dillion, as Officer John Ryan; and a cast that is well suited to this mean streets film. The cinematography matches the genre, and when it depicts the streets, it is dark, with long shots that allow the viewer to take in the full sense of the scene and city. Even though much of the action and film takes place in the nighttime hours, the cinematography is extremely well done and night and darkness do not overwhelm the shots. Each of the actors is strong, and each renders a strong and believable performance.
             Matt Dillon, a squad car police officer, establishes the mood for the racial relationships in the film. He begins early in the film by pulling over a black couple, man and wife, and using his position of authority to abuse and use the couple, leaving the couple emotionally altered as a man and wife when Terrence Howard, as Cameron Thayer, is unable to prevent his wife, Thandie Newton from being physically molested by Officer John Ryan. Ryan's partner, played by actor Ryan Phillippe in the role of Officer Hansen, who is a rookie, is unable to tolerate Ryan's abuse and transgression which he witnessed in his rookie ride with Ryan, and refuses to partner with Ryan again.
             In the mean time, there is a murder on the loose, and it is up to Detective Waters to find him before he can murder Jean Cabot. This is w
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