A mountain of a ship: Locating the Bergfilm in James Cameron's 'Titantic'

Authors
Dassanowsky, RV
Citation
Rv. Dassanowsky, A mountain of a ship: Locating the Bergfilm in James Cameron's 'Titantic', CINEMA J, 40(4), 2001, pp. 18-35
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Performing Arts
Journal title
CINEMA JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00097101 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
18 - 35
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-7101(200122)40:4<18:AMOASL>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
An examination of James Cameron's Titanic (1997) reveals its structural and narrative roots in the German Bergfilm genre and strong relationship to Le ni Riefenstahl's Tiefland (1945-1954). The popular appeal of Titanic's Berg film message suggests gender-role repression and a post-modern American cor respondence to the social conditions of Weimar Germany.