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As you might have heard, James CameronsTitanicreopened in theaters this past weekend.
It even made somemore money.
So how isTitanicwith the 3-D and the variable frame rates?
We might say thatTitanicis the purest expression of this.
(Peter Travers ofRolling Stonefamously put iton both his top-ten and worst-ten lists.)
While I understand these criticisms, Ive never shared them.
The director returns to this clash of sensibilities over and over again inTitanic.
Hearing Roses story, Lovett and his men respond like engineers, obsessed with the mechanics of whats happening.
(He figures anything big enough to sink the ship theyre going to see in time to turn.
But the ships too big with too small a rudder.
It cant corner worth shit!)
What does technology have to do with any of this?
But hes built that idea into the aesthetic of his film.
And Cameron knows to use technology for both sensation and emotion.
It then pulls back further to reveal the aged Roses face, watching and remembering.
And I dont think hell ever topTitanic.
