“Titanic is the hugest success, and it’s because it’s totally queer. Leonardo DiCaprio was totally androgynous at the time. DiCaprio and Kate Winslet were both not known — not stars — so there was no power dynamic between them. Like, if you look at the sex scene in Titanic […] he’s the one who’s being totally fragile and insecure. I think it was a huge success because it’s a love story with equality and with emancipation.
I think the movies are in dialogue. I thought a lot about Titanic because it’s also the present of a love story and the memory of a love story. A successful love story should not be about eternal possession. No, it should be about emancipation. And it is an emancipation story, because maybe [Kate Winslet’s character in Titanic] lost this love, but we see her being free and riding horses and wearing pants. It’s all about emancipation.
The success of a love story is not about how long it lasts. It’s not about ending your life together. Him dying is tragic, but it’s not the end of the story. In equality, there is emancipation.”
— Céline Sciamma on ‘Titanic’ influencing ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’
“It was November—the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines.”
ANNE WITH AN E (2017—)
As Rachel Lynde used to say, the sun will go on rising and setting whether I fail in Geometry or not. I think I’d rather it didn’t go on if I failed.
Anne of Green Gables (1985) dir. Kevin Sullivan
“I shall never forgive Gilbert Blythe,” said Anne firmly. “And Mr. Phillips spelled my name without an e, too. The iron has entered my soul, Diana.”
—You were right. I am scared. Do all lovers feel they’re inventing something? I know the gestures. I imagined it all, waiting for you.
—You dreamt of me?
—No. I thought of you.
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE DIR. CÉLINE SCIAMMA
Period Drama Appreciation Week
Day 6 ► Favorite Historical Era
Edwardian Era (1901 - 1910)
Anne of Green Gables (1985) and Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987)
Period Drama Appreciation Week
Day 1 ► Favorite Period Drama
Anne of Green Gables (1985) dir. Kevin Sullivan
Period Drama Appreciation Week
Day 7 ► Free Day
Period Drama + Kisses
- Bridgerton (2020-)
- A Room with a View (1985)
- Emma (2020)
- Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987)
- Pride and Prejudice (2005)
- Sanditon (2019)
- Anne with an E (2017-2019)