How much did Brooklyn-based artist Claudia Bitrán like James Cameron's 1997 film Titanic, the story of the doomed ocean liner with a love story for the ages?
She liked it so much, she has spent the last 12 years remaking the film shot by shot.
"I'm a big, big fan, and since I started seeing it, I could never stop seeing it. I started watching it every day. I'm a very obsessive person, and I learned all the lines by heart," Bitrán said.
Her film Titanic, A Deep Emotion is on view at the Cristin Tierney Gallery in Tribeca on three screens as part of a three-channel installation.
That allows viewers to see the film and behind the scenes for the making of it. Bitrán has shot the film using around 1,400 people in 20 cities in the United States, Chile and Mexico. She portrays the character of Rose in the film, but is also James Cameron in her role as the director.
"I wanted to be the protagonist and have the character of Leo DiCaprio change scene after scene, and I also wanted to direct the entire film, and all of the characters change, yeah," Bitrán said.