Bainbridge's swift, economical novels tell us more about an era and the ways in which its people inhabit it than volumes of social history. The book is nearly over before disaster strikes, but once again, the unnerving details seem just right: the careless self-confidence at the beginning, the gallantry quickly eroding to panic. In a few deft strokes Bainbridge shows the gulf between the steerage passengers and the ""nobs"" while communicating the alternating servility and resentment of the crew. Once aboard, he drinks too much with his layabout friends sees people like the Astors and Strauses becomes infatuated with a girl who in turn falls for a mysterious and cynical stranger and gets to know a young Jewish dress designer who is hoping to become a hit in New York. Pierpont Morgan, who in search of something to do has had a slight hand in the ship's design (""the specifications of bathtubs""). The story is told by a wealthy young American man-about-town, an adopted nephew of J. As Bainbridge admirers might expect, it is not the kind of version that would make a spectacular movie rather, it is a meticulously observed account that almost offhandedly convinces the reader that this is exactly what it must have been like aboard the doomed liner. Every Man for Himself looks at the sexual and professional lives of three people-a television director, his ex. After a decade of avant-garde and early video experimentation, Jean-Luc Godard returned to commercial cinema with this star-driven work of social commentary. Bainbridge, whose The Birthday Boys was an unforgettable rendition of Scott's fatal Antarctic expedition, has turned to another Edwardian tragedy for her new novel: the sinking of the Titanic. Every Man for Himself (English Subtitled) (12) 6.6 1 h 18+.
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