Titanic
By a student, Amal "B" Comprehensive School, Petach Tikva
Titanic's maker created a love story between a girl from a rich family and a poor boy. The love story took place on the deck of a drowning ship.
Titanic, opposed to usual disaster movies, is based on a real history disaster and it isn't a fancy innovation of the scenarist, that developed from his imagination.
The story of Titanic is known from history; The glorious ship sailed from England to America when it was loaded with rich elite of Europe and America, but the ship sank in April 1912 after four and a half days of sailing. The ship sank because it crashed into a huge glacier. There were 2223 travelers and crew members aboard, out of all of these people more than 1500 found themselves dead within two hours.
This disaster symbolized how many distressed human being bring upon themselves by means of advanced technology and beause of arrogrance, and uncontrollable greed.
The movie was a huge project and cost more than any movie that was ever made. In the movie, there is a reconstruction of the huge ship and there is precision in the make-up, clothing and accessories.
The disaster of the "Titanic" seems incredible and impressive, but I have to warn all the people who haven't seen the movie yet - its continues three hours. Long, isn't it?
This article previously appeared in The Amal B Star - The Student Newspaper of the Amal "B" Comprehensive School, Petach Tikva, May 1998.
© 1998, Amal Pedagogical Technological Center