I saw the exhibit in Memphis, TN and could not relate to the tragedy of the
sinking of the Titanic. It was much more than the exhibit here in
Harrisburg, PA this past year. The first exhibition was massive with
artifacts and personal items of the people who were on that voyage. It
included hair brushes, toilettries, clothing, a bola hot, perfume bottles of
delicate handblown glass with the stoppers still in them, Red Star line
dishes that were not chipped or broken, the deck chairs. Over one stairway
loomed one of themassive propellors, BIGGG PROPELLOR hanging way up at the
ceiling... seemingly weightless as it hung lifeless, while I thought it
would have fallen and crashed to the floor of the ocean. One great wall of
the exhibit recreated the front staircase with the statue standing regally
at it ascended the height of the many floors to the upper decks. It was very
intimidating and had a great imapct on the people who saw it. Laster when
the movie came out, I realized the real importance of the exhibit. I wished
I could have seen the movie THEN the exhibit. A good story, yes. All fact,
no. No one knows exactly what happened to all those people. Those who were
below deck did not live to tell their tales. Mostly the rich survived, and
some of them didn't make it either. If it was fiction, fine. It still
connected to those who lost their lives and made that historic event
something my generation had never heard of. Yes, it was a script based on
fact. It still had the realism of that cold watery grave that echoes through
time to our generations.
I liked the movie and th music... until every radio station in the US played
it over and over and over all day long. That made it a less than enjoyable
event for me. But after a few years of not hearing that song, it renewed
it's favor with me. So there. I'm a movie buff and enjoy going. It's a break
from reality. Yes, I don't hold it as all true fact... otherwise it would be
a documentary.
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From: "Sue Clemenger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Historical Movies--longish
I refused to see _Titanic_ because I generally hate romances, and I truly
hate overly-hyped romances, especially when you know how it's going to
end...hello? North Atlantic 1, Boat 0! <g>
That said, I did catch a bit of the end on television just this past
year--the bit where the boat is sinking. Wonderful imagery. And all of
those survivors, who died of exposure, floating frozen in that water--for
some reason, it really haunts me. I'm going to rent it some weekend,
despite the romance....
--Sue in Montana
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Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 10:04 AM
Subject: [h-cost] Historical Movies--longish
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I DID refuse to see "Titanic"--couldn't take what I had heard on the
liberties with the story (a friend of mine who went to see it with her
teenaged
daughter found the leads so obnoxious that she was rooting for the North
Atlantic). I think "A Night to Remember" tried to get the story right,
but I haven't
seen it in years, so I might hate it now.
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