

When James Cameron’s Titanic became the highest-grossing film of all time, it also managed to change the face of cinema. Not only did it supercharge Hollywood’s blockbuster fever with an ever-increasing appetite for staggering budgets — occasionally met by even more staggering box office receipts — but its storytelling beats managed to jam themselves all up in the spokes of pop culture.

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