I have just read the Jared Poley essay on the Selpin Titanic film (which I'll admit I have never seen, by the way). Monika and Jim, it too brings back memories of having to do various "readings", ie Freudian, Marxist, feminist etc, of literary text and film, which, in looking back, sometimes seems far-fetched now, but which seemed clever at the time. Certainly, Monika, the bit about the Titanic as being a "hyper-modern cyber-woman", who cheats on her "lover"- her captain, with the iceberg, is especially ludicrous to me. If the encounter with the 'berg can be likened to a sexual?! act, then it hardly constitutes a very pleasant one for the ship, with her hull being ripped open and the ultimate outcome being death for her!!! If any readings are going to be taken into the actual tragedy (and not just the Selpin film), which attribute feelings to the Titanic, then surely, the brand-new liner, the world's largest and most luxurious, would not have some kind of death wish and purposely strike an iceberg!!!
Well, that's my thoughts, anyway!!!!
Regards,
Lucy