James Cameron’s enduring idea may finally become a reality. The now-popular and box-office favorite recently informed the Los Angeles Times that he still plans to make a film based on Charles R. Pellegrino’s 2010 book, The Last Train From Hiroshima : Survivors look back. Truth be told, Cameron expressed a desire to turn the controversial entry into an endorsement when it was first published. He and Pellegrino also met Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the book’s protagonist, a month before his death in 2010.
Yamaguchi, a naval engineer, amazingly avoided two atomic explosions at Nagasaki and Hiroshima during World War II. Unfortunately, the image was blocked from time to time, but the Terminator director did not give up on it. James Cameron, who has a net worth of $720 million, recently told the Los Angeles Times that he still intends to make a film about Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
“It will be more relevant than ever,” James Cameron said of his upcoming film Hiroshima.
Cameron admitted to the Los Angeles Times’ Jordan Riefe that a film about Hiroshima based on The Last Train From Hiroshima: Survivors Looking Back is still his dream project, even more than a decade after the book. books are published. He explains why the film would be appropriate in today’s circumstances, addressing the Ukraine-Russia conflict and the rise of nationalism. Cameron said, “
“We live in a world more dangerous than we once believed… I believe the image of Hiroshima is just as relevant, if not more so. It serves as a reminder of the capabilities of these weapons when used on humans.”
Admittedly, the film about Hiroshima fits in with James Cameron’s approach and cinematic aesthetic. Almost all of Cameron’s films depict the ongoing conflict between nature, humans and intelligent robots, as well as the greed of companies and the rich, with strong female characters. and romantic subplots lead the story.
This could have been the theme of the director’s big project when it started.
But the Canadian director won’t be able to capture the Hiroshima-Nagasaki explosions right away as he is currently working on Avatar 3, the third sequel to a critically and financially successful trilogy. Avatar: The Way of Water, the second sequel, is currently a box office success. The James Cameron-directed film grossed $2.245 billion (and counting) on a budget of $350-460 million. His Titanic also made a fortune when it was re-released on February 10, 2023.
For now, if you want to increase your knowledge of Hiroshima-Nagasaki, visit Netflix or other platforms to watch some of the best disaster movies/documentaries, including White Light, Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007), The Greatest Events of the Second World War in Color (2019) and Fat Man and Little Boy (1989), among others.
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