Titanic on Film

Myth versus Truth

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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The narrative surrounding the Titanic's voyage, collision, and sinking in April 1912 seems tailor-made for film. With clear categories of gender, class, nationality, and religion, the dominating Titanic myth offers a wealth of motifs ripe for the silver screen-heroism, melodrama, love, despair, pleasure, pain, failure, triumph, memory and eternal guilt. This volume provides a detailed overview of Titanic films from 1912 to the present and analyzes the six major Titanic films, including the 1943 Nazi propaganda production, the 1953 Hollywood film, the 1958 British docudrama A Night to Remember, the 1979 TV production S.O.S. Titanic, the 1996 mini-series Titanic, and James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster. By showing how each film follows and builds on a pattern of fixed scenes, motifs and details defined as the "Titanic code," this work yields telling insights into why this specific disaster has maintained such great relevance into the 21st century.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-05-21
Mått152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt413 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor307
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786463114

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Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: The Archetype of Maritime Disaster Part I. History, Myth and Film1. The Historical Event 2. The Titanic Myth The Parameters and Their Codification in Film The Historical Development 3. Titanic in Film Titanic in Film from 1912 to the Present Time EARLY FILMS AND NEWSREELS, 1912–13 THE 1929 ATLANTIC AND SELZNICK’S FOUNDERED TITANIC PROJECT THE SIX MAJOR TITANIC PRODUCTIONS TITANIC EPISODES AND FANTASIES The Dying Queen: Documentaries of the Wreck The Perfect Script THE BASIC INGREDIENTS MAKING IT ORIGINAL: SUBPLOTS AND STRUCTURAL MODELS FRAMING DEVICES Part II. Major Titanic Films4. The Nazi Titanic (1943): Unfit for Propaganda Greed as Main Theme: The Plot and the Protagonists Propaganda Failed Epilogue 5. Titanic (1953): Myth Turned into Melodrama First Class with a Gender Conflict Religion and Redemption The Subplots and Their Relation to the Main Plot 6. A Night to Remember (1958): The “Real Story” The Main Plot: The Ship as Star Social Microcosm: Class as Main Theme The Ideal of British Middle-Class Virtue Gender and Religion The “Titanic Code”: Authenticity and Nostalgia 7. S.O.S. Titanic (1979): Great in Detail, Weak in Plot The Frame Structure and Its Significance for Characterization Strictly Historical: The Representation of the Various Social Spheres Problems of Plot—Nevertheless an Impressive Film 8. Titanic (1996): Poor Plots with an Impressive Disaster Structure and Plots Striving for Authenticity: Historical Motifs The Climax 9. James Cameron’s Titanic (1997) The Main Categories of the Titanic Myth and Their Treatment in Cameron’s Titanic Postmodernist Features in Cameron’s Titanic The Recipe for Success 10. The Titanic Code: Recurrent Motifs in Titanic Films Recurrent Motifs: History, Myth, and Fiction Music to Drown By: Music in the Titanic Myth THE FINAL SONG MUSIC AND CLASS THE FILM MUSIC THE SOUNDS OF DEATH Conclusion: Making Titanic Immortal Chapter Notes Bibliography Index