Despite being one of the most respected directors in the industry, and He is the only one of the three highest-grossing films in history.James Cameron only has three Golden Statues, and all three are for the same film: Titanic, Which, moreover, led to one of the most embarrassing moments of his career.
Well, as many will remember, after taking home the Best Director Oscar for Titanic and giving a heartfelt speech thanking his team for the award, Cameron ended his speech by quoting Leonardo DiCaprio’s famous quote In the film: “I am the king of the world!”, something that doesn’t leave a very good taste in the mouths of those attending the gala.
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And now, many years later, continues to reverberate in Cameron’s memory as an embarrassing moment in his career, “What I’ve learned is that you don’t need to quote your own movie when you win an Academy Award. You’re embarrassing. You pretend you won not by a small margin, but Everyone there has voted.” Titanic.”
,For 25 years I got criticized for that momentBut you know, you’re living and learning. I think it was interpreted as “Fuck you” by others at the time but that was not my intention. So you have to be very careful during your acceptance speech at the Oscars,” the director admitted in an interview with CNN.
Titanic, The Gate of the Avatar Saga
Although now James Cameron’s name is more associated with the Avatar saga, but the truth is Titanic is his most unforgettable film, and always will be., Not only because it was the highest-grossing film in history for years, but because it opened the door for the director to make an expensive saga like Avatar.
As Cameron himself recalled, when he was finishing shooting the first Avatar film, 20th Century Fox executives tried to make some changes that didn’t go down well with him. The director who had to take the “Titanic trick” Remembering that it was his film that allowed the studio to move forward. And so the avatar looked just as he wanted.
