As a kid
I would go to movies
that would blow my mind that would amaze me
that would take me to another world
when I decide to be a filmmaker
I wanted to give other people that feeling that I had
I wrote Avatar in 1995
based on ideas that I had when I was in college
at the age of 19
I realized that the success of Avatar
created a big responsibility for me
so I felf I needed to get involved
and essentially become an activist
on behalf of Indigenous rights
I was deep in the Amazon up the xingu river
with the Kayapo people
I had made people friend
with the chief of that tribe
a man named Ropni
He gave me some great gifts
things that had great meaning to him
so I thougth, what do I have that has that kind of value that I could give him
and I couldn't think of anything
except my watch that had been with me for 20 years
and had been through all my experiences
It was a Submariner
just like this one
and I wore it for 20 years
everywhere I went everything I did
33 dives to the Titanic
making all the films that I made
during that period of time
I was wearing the watch the first time I saw Titanic
for real
through the porthole of a submersible
two and a half miles down
and I was wearing the same watch
in my black tie
when I went up on the stage to get the Oscar
for directing Titanic
and it was equally approriate in both places
this is a watch that I bought
as a replacement for the one that I gave to Ropni
when I look at my watch
I see all the places it's been in my mind
it's the one constant companion
people come and go
the watch is always there
一只劳力士，一个故事，詹姆斯·卡梅隆