• atocci
    6•2 years ago

    It’s obvious in retrospect, but I never considered that the submersible in the Titanic movie was real and not just a prop. Of course they had to get that footage of the sunken ship somehow, might as well just film the sub in action while they’re at it too.

    • keeb420
      9•2 years ago

      the whole movie was an excuse for cameron to go to the titanic. however he went in a craft designed and tested for this purpose that wasnt a deathtrap.

      In an interview for Playboy, James Cameron stated, “I made ‘Titanic’ because I wanted to dive to the shipwreck, not because I particularly wanted to make the movie.” After realizing that diving to see the sunken Titanic was an actual possibility, Cameron began thinking up how he might be able to fund a trip down to the ocean floor to see the ghost ship for himself. “When I learned some other guys had dived to the Titanic to make an IMAX movie, I said, ‘I’ll make a Hollywood movie to pay for an expedition and do the same thing,’” he told Playboy.

      https://www.slashfilm.com/839799/the-most-influential-vfx-artists-in-movie-history/