TITANIC, James Cameron, 1998 / Worksheet

1.    Around the document

Read the different articles and posts on the following websites and select the most important elements to present the document. In this section,

-          Give a summing up of the whole movie in your own words (a bit detailed but not too much)

-          Present the historical context of the fiction to highlight elements seen in the extract(s) to study

-          Refer to movie criticisms and point out the main elements mentioned in the criticism(s)

Link 1 (basic info): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/plotsummary  (READ THE PLOT SUMMARY)

Link 2 (a Titanic survivor): /!\ WATCH FROM THE START to 2:38 ONLY /!\ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY-28Jn8yxc

Link 3 (reception of the movie back in 1998): https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/26/movies/why-titanic-conquered-the-world.html /!\ READ PARAGAPHS 1,2,3 and 5 ONLY /!\