Idols, Icons, and Illusions
978-1-62288-096-6 Paperback
6 x 9 x 0 in
312 pp. This book includes 20 black an
Pub Date: 11/10/2015
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1: A Night to Remember (1958)
Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Adapted from Walter Lord’s book by Eric Ambler
James Cameron’s Titanic (1997) might have had better special effects (change that; it had incredible effects), but its gooey teen romance front story pales next to this painstakingly exact adaptation of Walter Lord’s classic account of the tragic 1912 sinking of the opulent ocean liner on her maiden voyage. It’s a stirring and ultimately moving account of grace under pressure, of human hubris and waste, of heroism and infuriating indifference. Cameron caught some of it, but Night is wholly dedicated to it and it still stands as a textbook example of how to do it right.
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