Matthew on Indiana Jones
From enfascination
Indiana Jones
And why the fourth movie was so bad
Indy started in '77 on a beach, SPielburg and Lucas. plyboy alcoholic playboy in manhatten fighting nazis, plot built over a sandcastle. cigarrette habit dropped to
- 19 years later
Fourth movie
Indiana is a series not a serial
- ageless, archetypal american hero
- 1992 Indiana Jones Chronicles to fill in backstroy
These attempts subvery timelessness with details.
Eco distinguishes between Series and Saga. Saga has time over generations. By giving Indy a birth and death, old and youth, he becomes a saga.
As a franchise it shifted from cinematic to products, moving emphasis to images and the idea, the essence is diluted.
Lucas, after 19 years, a generation, is forced to accomodate two audiences in one movie. By this account, he failed.
By 2008, too burdened by backstory. moving to 1950 complicated things too much.
The romance
He was a smart guy. Indy doesn't do anything int he new movie, just wears fedora and leather jacket.