Tag: Titanic
The Titanic Legacy, Part II
Tired of the Titanic blather? Well, try and squeeze in two more edifying reviews – the 1943 Nazi propaganda film Titanic, and the 2012 History CHannel documentary Nazi Titanic, which chronicles the often absurd and tragic circumstances surrounding the film’s production. Also added to the mobile site database are related reviews for Das leben geht weiter, Herr Goebbels’ last but unrealized propaganda film; Wort un tat, a crude 1938 Nazi newsreel / ersatz documentary; and reviews of Titanic (1953) and Raise the Titanic (1980). Wait, that’s not two reviews… Whoops.
The Titanic Legacy, Part I
Yes, it’s Friday the 13th, and tomorrow makes the day the world’s greatest oceanliner – the Titanic – struck an iceberg and lost most of her passengers. A tragedy, pop culture phenomenon, and merchandise windfall all in one, and the 100th anniversary brings out oodles of new and old material to feed nostalgia, fascination, and genuine empathy for the 1500+people who died April 14th. Not reviewed is James Cameron’s Titanic (do you really need to read another review of the most-reviewd Titanic film?), but a pair of recently aired teleplays on CBC Newsworld, and available online via streaming – the excellent Saving the Titanic docu-drama, and TitanicL The Canadian Story – plus reviews of Sony Classical’s 4-CD Titanic: Collector’s Anniversary Edition set, and BSX Records’ Titanic: An Epic Musical Voyage.
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