1958 · disaster · drama · titanic
A Night to Remember
Directed by Roy Ward Baker2h 3m1958
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
Our read: A Night to Remember (1958) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded disaster · drama · titanic entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme disaster / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
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