"Titanic" was released in 1997 with a huge budget of up to 200 million USD, a figure that is superior to the real value of the Titanic.
James Cameron defied the difficulties and restored part of the nearly 225m-long Titanic, investing in a vast ocean context in a swimming pool with a capacity of 64 million liters of water.
After its release, Titanic became the highest-grossing film of all time at the time. The work won 11 Oscars, including the Best Film award in 1998.
The love story on the ship Titanic submerged in the ocean has captivated audiences of all ages for decades. The audience was drawn into the romance of Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) on the fateful ship. In the end, Jack sacrificed his life to save the person he loved.
To this day, the audience is still yearning for Jack's tragic ending. In an interview with Vanity Fair magazine on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the film's release, James Cameron admitted that for many years, the audience has questioned him about the situation at the end of the film, Jack could have survived if he had stayed with Rose on the doorstep.
However, the director believes that a sad ending is the victory of art, even though it brings endless sadness to the audience.
Some people think that letting Jack die is a "lyrical" ending and idealizes the love too much in the film. Because they thought the door was wide enough for both Jack and Rose to lie up and survive.
Responding to these opinions, director James Cameron said that Jack and Rose would not have survived if they were both lying on a broken door drifting in the ocean.
The Toronto Sun once interviewed Cameron about the above debate. The director said: "We hired 2 supporting actors with similar stature to Kate and Leo and tried to survive in a similar environment to endure. The answer is that two cannot overcome it together. Only one of them could have survived that situation."
In fact, over the years, every time asked about the ending of the movie "Titanic", James Cameron has been dissatisfied because he believes that it is unnecessary for viewers to debate for more than 20 years.
In an interview with Vanity Fair magazine, director James Cameron frankly said: "My answer is very simple, which is page 147 of the script for "Titanic" asking Jack to die. This film is about death and separation, so he was forced to die. That is called art, there are things that happen in films for artistic reasons".
When mentioning Titanic, it refers to Jack and Rose, along with the song "My Heart Will Go On" sung by Celine Dion. The image of the couple Jack - Rose standing on the boat together, the portrait of Rose or the tragedy at the end of the film brought tears to many viewers and became a topic of discussion for many years.
It is the story that is built with depth, the eternal love overcomes adversity and even death, that has made "Titanic" be shown every year and become one of the films worth watching in the history of love.
Not only does it bring a profound message, the film also has historical significance, so that the audience can recall a horrifying accident, how the disaster happened, and how humans try to escape from terrible fate.
In that context, the noble love of Jack and Rose was cleverly inserted by James Cameron, making the work of constant value over time.
