Turns out that making Titanic does kind of allow James Cameron to do whatever he wants
. “For example, the studio felt that the film should be shorter and that there was too much flying around on the ikran—what the humans call the banshees. Well, it turns out that’s what the audience loved the most, in terms of our exit polling and data gathering,” he explains.
“And that’s a place where I just drew a line in the sand and said, ‘You know what? I madeTitanic. And at the end of the day, not only was he right to say so, but his creative vision paid off in spades–so much so that the studio thanked him afterward. Cameron is business-minded about this approach, however: “I feel that my job is to protect their investment, often against their own judgment. But as long as I protect their investment, all is forgiven.
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