Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]sam wrote: > > < . . .Titanic. The > script was a joke, the acting was a bigger joke, but it was a really > wonderful evocation of a particular time and place - and had staggeringly > good special effects> > > What bothered me most about this production was the sanitizing of a tragic > and terrifying event, i.e.: the bright bahamian-blue water below decks as > the ship > sinks, the over-colorized and glowing lighting, etc. He should have > changed to a > (LEICA) "nocti" and "3200" once the iceberg hit. . .I'm sure for those who > were there, > it was very dark, cold, grainy and black & white that terrible night! The people in the lower decks were locked down until it was convenient to let them out, many perished because of it. Other films on the Titanic dealt with this issue, this film barely touched on it. Hate to sound like a pinko but the Titanic story was a story about Class. The poor guy would have never gotten near the rich girl let along see the sky let along smooth with her on the top deck bow of the ship. I all for romance but a realisitic regard for class and the workings of the ship would have added to the romance. There were bars in the doorways keeping the poor people below and keeping the lovers apart. These bars needed to be dealt with. They never were. Mark Rabiner