The Titanic on film myth versus truth /

"This volume provides a detailed overview of Titanic films from 1912 to the present and analyses the six major Titanic films, including the 1943 national socialist production, the 1953 Hollywood film, the 1958 British docudrama A Night to Remember, the 1979 TV production S.O.S. Titanic, the 199...

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Hoofdauteur: Koldau, Linda Maria
Coauteur: ebrary, Inc
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Publishers, 2012.
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • Introduction: the archetype of maritime disaster
  • history, myth and film, the historical event
  • The Titanic myth
  • Titanic in film
  • major Titanic films. The Nazi Titanic (1943): unfit for propaganda
  • Titanic (1953): the first Hollywood Titanic production
  • A night to remember (1958): the "real story"
  • S.O.S. Titanic (1979): great in detail, weak in plot
  • Titanic (1996): poor plots with an impressive disaster
  • James Cameron's Titanic (1997)
  • The Titanic code: recurrent motifs in Titanic films
  • conclusion: making Titanic immortal.