This movie begins stunningly with the calving of an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Far away in England, the doomed board a glittering Titanic.
This film conjures a queasy scenario of people assuming they are safe, but really being shockingly vulnerable.
The Titanic was the "grandest steamship afloat," but set sail lacking the binoculars or lifeboats to forestall disaster just past midnight on April 15, 1912. Soon, a ghostly chorus of "Closer My God to Thee" rises from the deck.
We have impressive performances here from Barbara Stanwyck and Clifton Webb as a miserably married couple, blind to their narcissism till it's too late. Brian Aherne is oddly detached as the ship captain who inexplicably orders extra speed through an icefield.
In all, a terribly sad story of man's myopia.
"She's going down."
This film conjures a queasy scenario of people assuming they are safe, but really being shockingly vulnerable.
The Titanic was the "grandest steamship afloat," but set sail lacking the binoculars or lifeboats to forestall disaster just past midnight on April 15, 1912. Soon, a ghostly chorus of "Closer My God to Thee" rises from the deck.
We have impressive performances here from Barbara Stanwyck and Clifton Webb as a miserably married couple, blind to their narcissism till it's too late. Brian Aherne is oddly detached as the ship captain who inexplicably orders extra speed through an icefield.
In all, a terribly sad story of man's myopia.
"She's going down."