The cult film of 1997 is still (still) relevant! Although it was just released in 4K on December 5, new content has been revealed, including a featurette in which James Cameron recalls a mistake he made in one of the feature film’s most legendary scenes.
And if Kate Winslet recalls shooting this scene with Leonardo DiCaprio as a “fun” moment, the director disagrees…
- ‘No more than 1m70’: why James Cameron asked for smaller actors on the set of Titanic
If you had to name just one scene from Titanic, it would definitely be this one: Jack and Rose standing at the front of the liner and the iconicI’m flyingby Rose. This iconic scene, perhaps the most famous in the film, however, contains a flaw that is still troubling. James CameronEven after 26 years.
We did two takes before we ran out of light. The first is completely unclear. The second one is blurry for about four seconds, then everything is fine. This is what is seen in the film.
Four seconds of blur that most viewers never noticed: the director, however, had no choice but to shoot the scene against a real sunset: time was limited, as you remember. Kate Winslet.
“We did it at a true sunset. It was funny because Jim said, “The sunset is amazing, go, go, go!” We were like, “What?” And suddenly Leo and I had to get on this long, long, long truck and climb this broken ladder.“
He continues: ““We will miss you, we will miss you…”, we arrived and suddenly we heard: “Action!” And we had about two minutes for that hug. May God protect us from laughter. It was really funny.“
A funny moment for the actor, who also points out that if the sunset was real, there was no boat, it was later added by computer, which made the situation even funnier.
- Titanic: 25 years later, this decor detail is still intact!
At that time, production Titanic After getting out of control from a budgetary point of view, the scene did not return the next day. As the amount spent increased, many believed that the film would become one of the biggest flops of all time. The rest, you know.
Titanic is available to watch again on Disney+.
Check out the inconsistencies, gaffes and mistakes from the two-parter below:
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