The Life and Films of James Cameron - The Director Dossiers #3

Join us in this retrospective of James Cameron’s filmography as we detail the writing, production, reception and our thoughts on movies like The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, True Lies, Titanic, Avatar, and Avatar: The Way of Water, and speculate about the future of the Avatar franchise.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 – Intro

0:27 – Early Life

7:45 – Xenogenesis

11:59  –  Roger Corman and Piranha II

17:20 – The Terminator

37:42 – Aliens

1:02:55 – The Abyss

1:22:22 – Terminator 2: Judgement Day

1:52:09 – The Crowded Room & Strange Days

1:54:46 – True Lies

2:16:48 – Spider-Man

2:21:07 – Titanic

2:47:15 – Documentaries and TV

3:00:49 – Avatar

3:20:04 – After Avatar

3:25:05 – Avatar: The Way of Water

3:46:43 – Avatar 3, 4, 5… 6 & 7?

3:51:16 – Funny Outro

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RESOURCES:

James Cameron YouTube Playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkhiZW2Zi4nhsNvFPrljayCCqLNW5oRoB&si=y-wt-fiVP_pFmi0j

Books: 

The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron by Rebecca Keegan: https://a.co/d/bLjV3Ln

Titanic and the Making of James Cameron by Paula Parisi: https://a.co/d/cMOPz3H

The Art of Avatar: James Cameron’s Epic Adventure by Lisa Fitzpatrick: https://a.co/d/8vgTjNH

James Cameron’s Titanic by Jain Lemos:  https://a.co/d/5x5TOpI