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More importantly, the release of James Cameron’s Titanic paved the way for a much more significant contribution to film history: this short reenactment of James Cameron’s Titanic done with monkeys.*

*Actually, they’re probably chimps—I don’t see any tails—but maybe the tails are tucked in costumes, and whatever the case, the film calls itself a “Monkey Movie” so whatever.

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...