'Titanic' director James Cameron reveals why Jack ' had to die'
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In an interview with Vanity Fair  James Cameron answered the question fans have been asking for years â why didnât Rose let  Jack  on the wooden plank  clearly big and stable enough to hold two people? The director said the decision to let Leonardo DiCaprioâs character die was âvery simple.â
âAnd the answer is very simple because it says on page 147 [of the script] that  Jack  dies â Cameron joked to Vanity Fair.
But to really answer the question plaguing fans since the movieâs release 20 years ago  Cameron said it was an âartistic choiceâ and that if  Jack  didnât die the film would have been âmeaningless.â
âBut it does show that the film was effective in making  Jack  so endearing to the audience that it hurts them to see  him  die. Had  he  lived  the ending of the film would have been meaningless â  he  added. âThe film is about death and separation;  he  had to die. So whether it was that  or whether a smoke stack fell on  him    he  was going down.â
 He  also said  Jack  âwas dead anywayâ even with Rose on the wooden door.
In an interview with Vanity Fair  James Cameron answered the question fans have been asking for years â why didnât Rose let  Jack  on the wooden plank  clearly big and stable enough to hold two people? The director said the decision to let Leonardo DiCaprioâs character die was âvery simple.â
âAnd the answer is very simple because it says on page 147 [of the script] that  Jack  dies â Cameron joked to Vanity Fair.
But to really answer the question plaguing fans since the movieâs release 20 years ago  Cameron said it was an âartistic choiceâ and that if   [TGT] didnât die the film would have been âmeaningless.â
âBut it does show that the film was effective in making   [TGT] so endearing to the audience that it hurts them to see   [TGT]   die. Had  he  lived  the ending of the film would have been meaningless â  he  added. âThe film is about death and separation;  he  had to die. So whether it was that  or whether a smoke stack fell on  him    he  was going down.â
 He  also said   [TGT] âwas dead anywayâ even with Rose on the wooden door.