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Raiders of the Lost Ark as a Black-and-White Silent Film (2014)

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Re: Raiders of the Lost Ark as a Black-and-White Silent Film (2014)

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Except he led them to the amulet in the first place. Indiana Jones a Nazi collaborator? Film at 11.

The Nazis found the amulet independently; at least that was always my interpretation. There was no indication I could find that the Nazi in Tibet followed Jones.

They show him getting on the same plane as Jones. He’s following him.

Re: Raiders of the Lost Ark as a Black-and-White Silent Film (2014)

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Just an aside: I was amused when someone pointed out that the plot of "Raiders" would have reached the same climatic end if Indiana Jones were completely removed from the script. I have noticed too that "This Island Earth" (if you know this old classic sci-fi film) is another such script in which the protagonist could be removed with no change in the outcome.

I've come across that as well. However, I'll add that it's a bit like saying that, in a 400m race (running), all the athletes are back where they started and they'd have been there even without going around the track.

It's a film trying to show the adventures of Indiana Jones.

Re: Raiders of the Lost Ark as a Black-and-White Silent Film (2014)

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I think Jaws holds up very well, too. It is a wonderful transitional film between classic and new Hollywood shot tempo and visual style.

I know this is an easy downvote and foolish statement, but I find very few pre-90s blockbuster movies to be watchable. Spielberg's movies hold up well though. There are a few others, like When Harry Met Sally, that I also still love.

Clash of the Titans is top notch.

Re: Raiders of the Lost Ark as a Black-and-White Silent Film (2014)

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I actually made a website called ‘The Artistifier’ at the time the artist was released (8 years ago?). It let you import any YouTube video, it made it black and white and a bit stuttery, put the music from the artist over the top and let you add silent movie captions. That music had a way of kind of enhancing anything you put behind it. Unfortunately it is now buried in the mass grave of internet past with all the ot…

As I was reading that I was going through the implementation in my head, totally doable in current tech
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