Twenty-five years that we bathed him with this tale of the raft. Not one to forget things, James Cameron has recreated the raft scene to determine once and for all if Jack could have gotten on the makeshift boat with Rose and survived. Conclusion, under certain conditions, the character played by Leonardo DiCaprio could have survived the sinking and climbed onto the raft.
The reconstruction, filmed as part of a documentary for National Geographic titled Titanic; 25 years later with James CameronIt’s not the first of its kind. But this time, it is James Cameron himself, who leads the experiment.
“Violent tremors”
Surrounded by a team of scientists and with the help of two specialists, the filmmaker recreated, in realistic conditions, that is, in ice water, the scene from the film. Studying various scenarios, James Cameron ended up acknowledging that “out of the water, and aided by violent tremors, he [Jack] It could have lasted quite a long time, several hours.”
In another scenario, the stuntmen are subjected to the same attacks as the characters in the film. A third protagonist tries to bring Rose down, and Jack must come to her aid and fight. Rose and Jack end up getting on the raft, and Rose offers Jack her life jacket. Under these conditions, he “could have survived until the arrival of the lifeboat,” says Cameron.
“Jack aurait pu vivre, mais il ya beaucoup of variables”, admitted James Cameron, who added “je thought qu’il n’aurait rien fait qui puisse la mettre en péril. Et c’est à 100% dans le caractère du character “.
Already last December, James Cameron spoke about this reconstruction in the columns of the toronto sunand he assured the exact opposite: only one of the two could survive.
“It’s like Romeo and Juliet”
And that, in any case, for romantic and script reasons, Jack and Rose’s love story could not have a “happy ending”.
“No, he had to die. It’s like Romeo and Juliet. It’s a movie about love, sacrifice and mortality. Love is measured by sacrifice,” he hammered.
The story of Jack, Rose and the Square of the Wooden Door has been resonating with fans for years. Several of them, including scientists, have even ventured to reconstruct the scene, to try to find a happier ending. Celine Dion had defended Cameron’s theory in 2019 – “perhaps she doesn’t have the strength to get on it” – and Kate Winslet, who plays Rose, had estimated in 2017 that she could have endured on the raft.
The documentary Titanic: 25 years later with James Cameron airs February 5 on National Geographic Channel. Maybe he can finally put an end to the speculation and complaints from fans.
Source: BFM TV
