Twenty-five years after the premiere of “Titanic”, the film’s director, James Cameron, prepares a documentary in which he scientifically explains that it was impossible for Jack to have survived.
Cameron said, in statements to the Canadian newspaper Toronto Sun, on the sidelines of the promotion in Canada of his new movie “Avatar: The Way of Water.” [“Avatar: O Caminho da Água”]that he intends to put an end to the complaints he has heard for more than two decades, about that scene in the movie.
The filmmaker will explain why Rose, the character played by Kate Winslet, left no room for Jack, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, to climb on the piece of wood that saved his life.
In the famous scene, Rose and Jack let go of each other’s hands, and Jack eventually sank into the depths of the sea.
Although Cameron has explained on numerous occasions that Jack’s death was necessary for narrative reasons, the director assured in the interview that he will now show why Jack could not get out of that situation alive.
“We did a scientific study to end all of this and end this once and for all,” the filmmaker said.
The director of the film announced that, to carry out the investigation, they recreated the makeshift raft from the film, to carry out a “comprehensive forensic analysis” with a hypothermia specialist.
“We used two doppelgangers that had the same body mass as Kate and Leo and we put sensors all over the place. We put them in ice cold water and tested whether they could have survived through various methods and the answer was that there was no way for both of them to survive. … Only one could survive,” Cameron stressed.
The result of the analysis will be ready in February 2023 and will be released as a “little special” that will be available on the National Geographic station.
The documentary will accompany the worldwide re-release of “Titanic” in its remastered 4K version on Valentine’s Day.
Source: TSF
