The Titanic on Film

<p> The narrative surrounding the <I>Titanic</I>'s voyage collision and sinking in April 1912 seems tailor-made for film. With clear categories of gender class nationality and religion the dominating <I>Titanic</I> myth offers a wealth of motifs ripe for the silver screen-heroism melodrama love despair pleasure pain failure triumph memory and eternal guilt. This volume provides a detailed overview of <I>Titanic</I> films from 1912 to the present and analyzes the six major <I>Titanic</I> films including the 1943 Nazi propaganda production the 1953 Hollywood film the 1958 British docudrama <I>A Night to Remember</I> the 1979 TV production <I>S.O.S. Titanic</I> the 1996 mini-series <I>Titanic</I> and James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster. By showing how each film follows and builds on a pattern of fixed scenes motifs and details defined as the <I>Titanic</I> code this work yields telling insights into why this specific disaster has maintained such great relevance into the 21st century. </p>