'Lone Star'

People from other states hate Texans. Mainly because Texas is so gigantic and so populated. Thus, a lot of stuff starts or is found here.

Everything's big in Texas because there's so much money here that people can make it bigger. After time, everything is expected. Why do Texas cities have shitty public transportation? Because it's expected that everyone have a big pick-up truck to drive around in.

However, this attitude should not overshadow this state's most peculiar place in this world and country. It's a big state with a lot of resources and personality. It's the only state that was its own country. And it has a vast cross section of people.

"Lone Star" is kind of a country-fried version of "Crash" without the Oscar nominations. It tries to capture the stories that are found every where in this state but most notably in the southern region by the Rio Grande River, where Mexicans, Caucasians and blacks comingle in some unsteady rhythm. It's here that race and immigration and all the problems that rich, white folks in Dallas or Houston love to bitch about, but it's in those trenches where the lives are made or broken. Where the real bitching should be taking place.