The Abyss

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“It was physically taxing for me and for them. It was a tough shoot. There was no way for me to make it easier on everybody than what it was, other than to just not do it, and that’s not my style.” 

James Cameron1

“Several scenes of 1989’s The Abyss were filmed in the largest underwater set ever made. Cameron’s recreation of the sinking of the Titanic was shot in a 17-million gallon tank and interspersed with footage captured by the Akadenik Mistislav Keldysh, the scientific marine research vessel which was used to study the real-life wreckage. ‘Film-making is war,’ Cameron has famously said. ‘A great battle between business and aesthetics.’”

Megan Erickson2

• 1

  Todd Gilchrist, “James Cameron Spotlights ‘The Abyss’ Underwater Training in New ‘Deep Dive’ Documentary Clip”, Variety, 12 December, 2023.

• 2

  Megan Erickson, “Deep Sea Challenger: James Cameron Ventures into the Real Abyss”, Big Think, 2012.