Paul Freeman Interview: Raiders Of The Lost Ark 40th Anniversary
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Both these movies share a biblical theme in their MacGuffins, but the Ark of the Covenant is just a more interesting item. There is a real mystery behind what it is and what it can do. It all pays off wonderfully in the epic gruesome finale when the Nazis finally open it and get more than they bargained
**They just started filming Indiana Jones 5 over here in the UK, with James Mangold directing. Have you been following the developments of this movie? Are you looking forward to seeing what they've cooked up? It's going to be quite an interesting movie
Keanu Reeves doing the majority of his own stunts meant that the editor wasn’t beholden to cutting on stunt doubles and could linger on takes for longer than the average Hollywood action movie. As a result, John Wick ’s action scenes are much more immediate and visceral. The fights have the kind of clarity that gets Lost Ark strategy when editors have to cut between stars and their stunt doub
While turning Marcus Brody into a bumbling comedic relief character was unfortunate, the interplay between Indy and his father is often hilarious. It's great seeing Indy revert to this child desperate for his father's approval and to see Connery playing the proper scholar who is appalled by all the violence around
**For Lucas and Spielberg, it was a massive movie. Spielberg was coming off 1941 , and there were a lot of budget and time pressures. On set, did you feel the intensity of this movie being a big thing? Or were you just in your own little bubble focusing on your character? How did it work
Jumping off Harrison, you and he have such a great on-screen relationship with you playing the warped mirror of him. How was it working with him on set and creating this history? Because there's so much alluded to, but very little actually said in the scr
Though the love interest angle of The Last Crusade is not great, it does feature the best of Indy's sidekicks in the franchise. Sean Connery joined this third film as Indy's father, Dr. Henry Jones Sr. A famed archaeologist in his own right, the elder Dr. Jones was a tough, sophisticated and hilarious partner to his
Modern movies tend to lean heavier into comedic dialogue and would've thrown in a few jokes or visual gags. What elevates Indy's adventure is that it's played straight. His introduction in the Peruvian jungle uses no words, only a head tilt, a flash of his whip, and a slow walk into the light. Similarly, the movie's humor is found through circumstance, not gags, such as when the vine Indiana's clinging to begins to slip, or the snake suddenly appears in his lap on the pl
The story of a fighter who needs to get drunk to fight made for the perfect action comedy , because the joke engine of the comedy is driven by action. The fights are masterfully choreographed and performed by experts, but it has a slapstick approach. As usual, Chan’s stunt work is impecca
Perhaps what sums up Raiders' greatness __ is that it reflects the importance of filmmakers having a vision and being allowed to make the kind of movie they want. In an age of shared universes and formulaic filmmaking, it's refreshing to see a director know exactly what he wants and how to translate it into movie ma
We didn't get together and invent any backstory, which perhaps we should of rather, but we didn't. It didn't seem necessary; we both liked the script. The script was good enough - not good enough, it was a terrific script. But as for playing between each other, we had such a nice accord of batting stuff backwards and forwards, and mutual respect and everything. I think that just came across; the easiness of it. Although there was a time constraint, there was never any constraint on getting something right. For instance, after the first or second week, Steven decided to reshoot a lot of the second unit stunt stuff, because he just didn't think it was good enough. And they all went away and reshot it without a question. While we were going to start doing the snake pit, he was unhappy with these rubber snakes that they started with - with just a few real ones. He said, "No, no, no. We won't shoot that today. No, we'll get some more snakes," which all came over from a snake farm in Holland in a couple of days' time, "and then we'll shoot
Amazon is trying to make some headway in the MMO market, with the much-anticipated New World currently in its beta-testing phase. Lost Ark could be a successful follow-up depending on how that venture turns
From high-octane car chases to visceral shootouts, there are a bunch of different ways to thrill audiences in an action movie. One of the most fun aspects of the genre is fight choreography. If it’s staged, shot, and edited just right, brutal hand-to-hand combat can make for some intense action sequen
