Marxist overtones in three films by James Cameron: Article by James Kendrick. Quote: >There is a great irony that subverts the notable commercial success enjoyed by Titanic: The film fits comfortably into a revolutionary Marxist paradigm that condemns capitalistic excess and celebrates the heroism and humanism of the underclass. The film strongly contradicts the traditional anti-Marxist stance that there is no class structure in America, and seen together with two earlier Cameron films, Aliens (1986) and The Abyss (1989), Titanic posits a striking and meaningful critique of American capitalism that is all the more shocking when viewed in light of the film's extraordinarily high budget and immense economic success. Taken together, Titanic, The Abyss, and Aliens present a strong ideology, as defined by Stefan Morawski: "the statement or symptomatic expression of social-class attitudes, interests, or habits of thought"< Link
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