Pourquoi James Cameron aime autant l’eau ?

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00:00In 20-30 years, there will be no more burlot.

00:03From the opening sequence of Piranha 2, his very first film,

00:07in any case on paper, the water is present and it mixes with the red of the victims' blood

00:11who underestimate what the director considers to be unprecedented natural power.

00:16Yeah, well, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but it's still Cameron's very first film sequence.

00:20And that's probably not trivial.

00:21We are generally fascinated by what frightens us.

00:24For James Cameron, it's water.

00:25In Titanic, the ocean is an environment that humans believe they can tame by building a machine as big as their ego.

00:31But the ocean is unpredictable and does not forgive carelessness.

00:35The RMS Titanic sank on the night of April 14-15, 1912.

00:39and this catastrophe will bring out the best and the worst in every human being.

00:43Because water places humans face to face with themselves.

00:45And this is particularly the case in Abyss.

00:47It is in the depths that spirits are unraveled.

00:49It is this blue immensity that releases Lieutenant Coffey's buried madness.

00:53It is in the depths that Bud and Lindsay will find a love they thought lost.

00:57Because the power of the water will make them go through all possible emotions.

01:00Anger, wonder, sadness, death, resurrection, forgiveness.

01:05And the production of the film itself will not escape this wave of trials.

01:08Abyss is an ordeal for everyone on set.

01:11Despite a revolutionary system that allows everyone to talk to each other underwater,

01:14communication is at its lowest.

01:16Between tyrannical and unhealthy directors,

01:18comedians with skin-deep, angry, disgusted,

01:20technicians completely overwhelmed and exhausted by the working conditions.

01:24The many liters of water used for the film's needs

01:27act on the entire team like a poison that spreads, damaging bodies and minds.

01:31Could water ultimately be Cameron's ultimate antagonist?

01:34It's more complicated than that.

01:35Even though yes, in Terminator 2,

01:37the director makes his T-1000 a merciless killer robot,

01:40whose strength lies in its ability to transform its liquid body into a weapon.

01:43It is made of mimetic polyalloy.

01:45What does this gibberish mean?

01:47In liquid metal.

01:48Small aside, but it's actually funny to see that James Cameron is getting rid of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

01:53by immersing it in molten lava,

01:55to better reintroduce it three years later by making it emerge from icy water.

02:00James Cameron loves to mistreat his characters and actors in the water.

02:03But he also likes to show all its beauty,

02:05and notably in his latest film, Avatar: The Voice of Water.

02:08The term is right in the title,

02:11and that probably makes this column lose a lot of subtlety,

02:13but at least Cameron fully embraces his obsessions.

02:16Already in the first Avatar, which highlights the beauty of Pandora's forests,

02:19The bestiary is inspired by many creatures that Cameron encountered during his underwater dives,

02:24part of which can be seen in his report Alien of the Deep, released in 2005.

02:28But in this second opus, there is no need to resort to suggestion.

02:31The ocean is the heart of the film,

02:32and Cameron did his best to show us all its beauty.

02:35Many criticize the film, claiming that the storyline is non-existent,

02:38a copy and paste of the first one.

02:39So, whether this is a repeat of the first one, I can hear it.

02:42But to say that the film doesn't tell anything is false.

02:44The problem is that today, the general public is influenced by the emergence of TV series,

02:48and that therefore now, and for many, a scenario without twists, revelations and other cliffhangers,

02:53It's an uninteresting story.

02:54And that's a shame.

02:55Avatar 2 operates on a much simpler dynamic,

02:58but we must not confuse simple with simplistic.

03:00The film tells a lot of things in the background.

03:02The ravages of capitalism on the environment,

03:04the difficulty of being a parent,

03:05but also to be accepted for one's differences.

03:07The separation of soul and spirit too,

03:09through the character of Kiri,

03:11and already mentioned with Jake in the previous film.

03:13In short, Avatar: The Voice of Water is a very good film.

03:15A superb visual spectacle that enhances a rich universe.

03:18We find endearing, well-written characters,

03:21and a committed scenario.

03:22In addition to this, Cameron continues to highlight what makes his cinema so essential.

03:26Destructive machines,

03:27a deadly technology because it is misused,

03:29a striking aquatic flora and fauna,

03:31he even sinks a ship,

03:32and above all strong female characters.

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