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The Air I Breathe follows the lives of
four people. Beginning with Happiness
(Forest Whitaker); the life of a boring
stock broker who seems to have a bit of
cash saved but no real life is not
enough. the pursuit of happiness is
better than watching life go by. As
Happiness is eager to make a change he
confides in Pleasure (Brendan Fraser)
who can see bits and pieces of the
future. While Happiness finds a way to
share his thoughts, Pleasure is certain
that he won't make any changes and
remain in his safe and secure world.
Pleasure finds himself facing Sorrow
(Sarah Michelle Gellar); a superstar
forced to pay the debt of her gambling
boss; Sorrow finds herself in an
unfamiliar and dangerous situation.
Wanting more than what is in front of
her, Sorrow finds comfort in Pleasure
but soon is realized by the enemy and
Pleasure is lost to death. As Sorrow
tries to deal with the horrible
situation she finds herself in, Love
(Kevin Bacon) has no other resort but
the final one in order to be successful
in its goal. And Sorrow thus satisfies
love.
If only the concept of Crash would just
die already. The Air I Breathe follows
the lives of 4 people who represent
important aspects of life; happiness,
sorros, love and pleasure as they
intertwine with one another along their
journey of discovering self and what is
important. Creatively, the stories are
able to stand on their own without
having to depend on the other to get the
story across which is one part of Crash
that doens't exist here... in a way.
The DVD includes Special
Features:
Commentary featuring director/co-writer
Jieho Lee and co-writer Bob DeRosa,
director of photography Walt Lloyd and
editor Robert Hoffman
Delected Scenes
Outtakes
Theatrical Trailer
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