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Titanic - The Premiere |
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Perhaps the best (or worst) test of your Titanic fanaticism will be your desire to own this wretchedly awful but unintentionally hilarious DVD, which claims to give you an "insider's view" of the star-studded Hollywood premiere of James Cameron's epic blockbuster. Shamelessly catering to the post-Titanic craze known as Leomania, this glorified home video does provide the access afforded by official press credentials, and young Mr. DiCaprio features prominently in the disc's otherwise dubious content. Unfortunately, the video is co-hosted by veteran movie journalist Bob Michaels, a show-biz sycophant whose approach to celebrity interviews (with DiCaprio, Cameron, Gloria Stuart, and Billy Zane) falls just short of sticky-sweet hero worship. Meanwhile, the voice-over narration by Michaels and Alexandria Hansen is so awful it's entertaining, as they ad-lib over telephoto-lens video of celebrities and studio honchos running the media gauntlet outside of Mann's Chinese Theater. (At one point Michaels needlessly explains "There's a man who looks just like Laurence Fishburne... but it's not!") Disproportionate time is given to non-Titanic interviews (Rupert Everett looks particularly eager to escape), and the DVD's "behind the scenes" chapter consists primarily of a gossipy interview with Kate Winslet's stand-in! Clearly, this slapdash, haphazard DVD is a blatant attempt to cash in on DiCaprio's popularity, but if you're fascinated by the hype, hysteria, and oddly pathetic absurdity that surrounds any blockbuster premiere, this "big night" offers a telling glimpse of the internal-combustion engine that drives the show-biz machine. If you're smart, however, you'll avoid this foolishness and just watch Cameron's movie for the umpteenth time. --Jeff Shannon
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