James Cameron has a ‘secret movie club’ with two outstanding members

Watching a movie with friends is one of them pleasures of life that many people would not be willing to give up. Let’s imagine for a moment that these friends were the creators of masterpieces like “Titanic”, “The shape of water” or “Schindler’s List”, the idea seems juicy to say the least.

Well, this idea that for ordinary people may be a dream, it came true for James Cameronwhich brought together Oscar winners Guillermo del Toro and Steven Spielberg in the same group.

This version of the film club ‘very important people’ it was secret until Jamie Flatters and Bailey Bass, the sons of Jake Sully and Neytiri in ‘Avatar: The Sense of Water’ revealed it while promoting the sequel in an interview for CinemaBlend.

Nor should we think that the trio of directors meet every week to watch a film in the heat of the brazier on a stretcher table while they wait for the delivery boy to arrive with their pizzas. The directors were known to maintain a very good relationship with each other, however, what was unknown was the active participation in the projects of others. Flatters reveals in the interview how Cameron, del Toro and Spielberg collaborate with each other: “I don’t know, but I know [Guillermo del Toro]Jim and Spielberg have a secret movie club. […] They are friends”.

From what the youngest of the cast have, Del Toro and Spielberg’s visits to the set of the Na’vis sequel were frequent. Far from a routine visit, to bring a coffee or just stop by to say hello, de Toro and Spielberg participated in the creative process of “Avatar: The Sense of Water”, contributing ideas and chatting about improvements that could make the film .

Even the flatterers wanted to point out in the interview the joy it brings you that a group of directors, adding up to five Oscars, are happy with the work done on the sequel: “As long as those kids are happy with the movie, it’s great… As long as Jim is happy with the movie”commented the actor underlining who really has the last word, Cameron.

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We know it the awards do not define a director or the quality of his work, but they can provide clues such as certain names and titles. Cameron, Spielberg and del Toro have amassed five Oscars in their troop, making them emblems of modern cinema. Since the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences began giving out awards in 1929, 91 directors have made the trek to pick up the long-awaited “Uncle Oscar” in front of the only two women who have managed to win it: Chloé Zhao in 2021 for ‘Nomadland’ and Kathryn Bigelow for ‘The Hostile Land’ in 2010.

Machismos aside (a topic to talk about at length) the five statuettes of the trio member of the club They are distributed as follows: Cameron would stay with the gold, owning three of the same title, ‘Titanic’, best director, best picture and best editing at the 1998 gala; the silver medal goes to Spielberg, who won two awards in the best director category for ‘Schindler’s List’ in 1994 and ‘Saving Private Ryan’ in 1999; The last place on this podium would be for the Mexican del Toro, holder of an Oscar for best director in 2017 for ‘The shape of water’.