Episode 87: Titanic
Beyond the Screenplay
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The Importance of James Cameron's Commitment
Alex, what's your lesson? So we've been talking about how James Cameron dialogue is not subtle. Like I'm incorporating universals of human experience and emotion that are timeless. My lesson would be don't mistake archetypes for cliche. You're doing a big grand historical epic. It makes sense to have a jack that is this kind of impossible vagabond artist dreamer. And so I think where Cameron excels is in doing these big ethics in which the power of the characters is from that archetypal group.
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