Titanic” is a classic romantic film directed by the famous director James Cameron and released in 1997, the film starring Leonardo and Kate Winslet both contributed their wonderful and touching interpretation, the film once broke the box office record, won the 70th Academy Awards ceremony best picture, best director, including eleven awards.
The film is based on the historical fact that the Titanic was once known as the “unsinkable ship”. Its sinking was considered one of the top ten disasters of the 20th century. This shipwreck is also the biggest disaster caused by non-war factors in the world’s maritime history. By this magnificent historical background, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet devoted to star in this love story is also loved by audiences around the world, director James Cameron in which created a strong shocking beauty, while creating a fine and delicate picture and sound effects, more prominent tragic color of the film.
Titanic” adopts a non-linear narrative structure, recalling the tragic love story that took place in 1912. As a major film of mainstream American ideology, this story shows how the passengers of the giant ship behaved in a dangerous situation against the backdrop of the social disparity between rich and poor that occurred in 1912, and it is very accurate and detailed in its catastrophic subject matter as well as its depiction of human nature and class nature.
At the same time, the film uses a lot of time and space dislocation techniques, and repeatedly uses flashback shots to misalign history and reality, past and present, effectively enhancing the tragic nature of the film’s story and fully conveying the unforgettable and deep emotions for Jack emanating from the heart of the old Ruth, which makes the narrative of the film’s love story not only stay on the surface of the momentary sweetness of the luxury cruise ship, but also The length of time of life is used to poetically enhance the love of two people, revealing the true meaning of love of the soul to keep each other.
The soundtrack of “Titanic” is still considered one of the most classic soundtracks of the 20th century. Its beautiful melodies and strong emotions closely match the atmosphere of the images and promote the continuous development of the plot, which many imitators cannot appreciate. It can be said that “Titanic” has applied film music to the highest level of its time in terms of film scoring.
The theme song of “Titanic”, “My Heart will go on”, was composed by composer James Horner after he deeply understood the essence of the movie. Its tune became the main line of emotion in the whole movie. In the movie, many segments of the story development advancement are based on it. In order to depict the characters’ psychological activities and emotional changes, and to present the ever-changing atmosphere, the film’s soundtrack also constantly changes the melody and rhythm of the film music according to different scenes, and the two complement each other.
At the same time, the tone of the film is not only tragic, but also classical and romantic. The clever blend of these two moods can be said to have achieved a perfect combination of realism and romanticism. The film is based on shipwreck and love, it is a comprehensive embodiment of human nature, class and desire, a variety of life philosophy and details of the human condition are widely explored in depth, so that it fully penetrates the surface of the story in terms of ideas, and the refraction of the behavior of various people on the ship in the film makes it very valuable for social exploration, and may also cause the attention and examination of the film’s die-hard fans.
The profoundness of “Titanic” is that it goes beyond the surface of shipwreck and love, but focuses more on the exploration of human nature and human feelings under the packaging of high technology. Titanic” leads the human soul to nobility and away from ugliness in the show of disaster and the great impact of life. It is a film about the dignity, purity, preciousness and bravery of human nature, and has a lot of diversity of time and space on display, seeking to evoke the return of beautiful humanity.
Throughout the “Titanic” movie, the director not only created a technically stunning crash and sinking scene, but both actors showed rich emotional interpretation, and together they wrote a touching love story. The film takes advantage of the shipwreck to provide an opportunity for romantic love to crystallize, prompting the image portrayed by Leonardo and Kate Winslet love to become more three-dimensional and profound. In this sense, the film breaks through the inherent disaster movie model and cleverly finds a resonance with the audience in the presentation of love. Despite the passage of many years, this immortal legend still allows the audience to find the unforgettable past in the images full of emotion, and to trace the understanding of love from within themselves beyond the film itself. It can be said that the artistic charm of “Titanic” and the emotional memories of a generation carried by it are enough to make it a worthy masterpiece of film history.