Raiders is one of those rare movies where every single scene is a precious part of the movie and on its own ... not a single second of mediocrity can be found anywhere ..
"your going to give mercenaries a bad name". Exactly, every detail has relevance, every angle. I've seen this film so many times as it was the best thing I ever saw as a kid (even trumping Star Wars New Hope) but I bet i have still missed details and would love see an analysis by some film buff like Rob Ager or someone. One thing i have recently noticed after all these years is Brody lies about the museum keeping the Ark.
Actually, the fly lands on his 'face' while he's speaking, crawls into his mouth while still delivering his line, has the fly in his mouth while waiting for Wolf Kahler (Dietrich) to say his line before the scene ends. Pure concentration and focus to stay in character. Paul should've gotten an Oscar for that scene alone.
Somewhere on the 'net I read that the fly did not go into his mouth, it flew away, but the film was modified to make it seem it did, or it was added.... something like that.... Maybe try a Google search.
Jones is the kind of character that has to learn his lessons the hard way. It's only towards the end of each film that he learns what really matters, in this case Marion. What I've come to like so much about this film is that all of the characters feel real enough by being made secondary to the Ark itself. Neither the hero or the villain ultimately are that important.
What the Hell are you talkin' about? The Nazi's should start digging for archeology finds while on the island; the Ark was hidden by the Hebrews centuries ago and there is no trace of it but recorded history; i think Marion should kick the Nazis balls and then run for her life,,,,
"Jones, Jones, your persistence surprises even me, you gonna give mercenaries a bad name" " Dr Jones, surely you don't think you can escape from this island". My two favorite quotes from this movie.
And if you noticed what happens between those two quotes, you'd think that Paul Freeman (Belloq) should have gotten an Oscar for his excellent performance while having a fly crawl into his mouth.
Toht is somehow hilarious in this scene. He looks so out of place, and when all the other Nazis are looking to kill Indy or get him away from the Ark, he just sits down and fans himself with his hat.
Also I love how he knows what decision Indy is going to make before he makes it. It's like in the next scene when they open the Ark and at first it's just full of dust - Detriech is furious, but there's a moment where even though neither Indy or Toht don't know it, they both find it amusing that Belloq seems to have failed. It's weirdly chilling that briefly, they are sharing the same joke for just a moment.
The idiot was wearing a black suit and a heavy leather overcoat on a hot Greek island. He's almost dying of heatstroke and happy for the short break in marching.
That's the ingenious part of the script writing that makes this scene incredible in terms of plot making. It was never Indy's intent to blow up the ark but Belloch called him on his bluff and decided to keep Marion. But when Belloch told Indy that he planned to open the ark, Indy knew that it was certain death for anyone who touched the ark or watched it being opened. So when his bluff was called, it just so happened that he was next to Marion when the ark was opened and he told her to keep her eyes shut as he did the same. It was almost like a clever entrapment, another one of Indy's follies that somehow managed to still work out.
Indy didn't know that would happen. He says early in the film he doesn't believe in that sort of thing. He even smiles when it at first appears there's nothing inside but dust. It's only when he sees the power of God start to emerge from the Ark that he realizes.
Truthfully, you could look at it like Jones was trying to save them all from a terrible mistake of opening the Ark. Indy knew of its power and something that powerful, whether holy or something else should be respected and just left alone. Sallah knew earlier in the movie that if it was buried in Tanis, it probably should have just stayed there.
I just realized this is the only scene where Belloq calls him Indiana. Belloq was an evil man, but he was earnest in his pursuit of finding out what lay within the Ark, and by calling him Indiana, it shows the audience that Belloq's feigned sophistication is gone, and his pure need to possess the secrets of the Ark has now taken over completely.
So are the Nazis with their MP40's - which btw weren't issued to the German infantry divisions in any large numbers anyway as only platoon and squad leaders were given one.
@@JH81187 But even that didn't exist when this movie took place. Raiders of the Lost Ark takes place in 1936. The Panzerfaust wouldn't be used by the Germans until 1943.
@Robert Williamson "...the Germans wouldn't develop shoulder-mounted rocket launchers until after WWII." The Panzerschreck would like to have a word with you.
For some reason, I'd like to think Marian is not really screaming and fighting Indy's decision to not blow up the Ark because she too, no matter what she said about her father and all his "Junk" understood that the Ark represented all Indy and her father lived for. As if she knew it was a crime on humanity to outright blow it up and in the end, agreed with Indy in not doing all he could.
What in the hell are you talkin' about?? Those Nazis took Marion to the deserted island to gang-bang her, then bury the Ark somewhere because it was sacred, then try and kill Indy over Balahs jealosy over Marion,,,
You forgot to add a cheap, tasteless, soulless, crudely executed "representation" of sexual and\or ethnic minorities that the unwashed masses eat up, throw their money at, and ask for more.
Paul-Octave Hébert Absolutely right. In fact, with the warning in the medallion, the Bible, and the illustration in that book from earlier, I bet it all led up to God giving Indy the passing thought to lower the launcher- because both of them had at least some idea of what would happen if it was opened.
One of the best scenes where the bad guy wins. Think the bug thing is a crazy editing thing, it looks like it goes into his mouth but it actually doesn't if I recall correctly.
One of the most brilliant scenes in the entire movie series. Belloq beats Indy here because he knows exactly which button to push that will disarm him: his obsession with history. He knows Indy CAN'T blow up the Ark and calls his bluff. "We are only passing through history. But this -- THIS IS history." From that moment, Indy's helpless.
What elevates Raiders above the other films in the series for me is that it acknowledges (even if subtly) more than the others that Indy is not a pure hero. Even the filmmakers knew this. His motives for collecting artifacts are not always pure. In the sequels (at least Temple of Doom and Last Crusade), his actions aren't called into question as much. He's treated more like a pure hero.
From the South Park "Free Hat" episode" Tweek: Hello! Steven Spielberg: [moves forward and takes a hard look at the figure on the hill] The kid? The tweaked out kid?! Tweek: I'm gonna blow up the print, Spielberg! [the other boys try to sneak away, but the guards are around them quickly] Steven Spielberg: Your persistence surprises even me. [begins to fan himself with his hat] Francis Ford Coppola: [steps forward] Surely you don't think you can escape from this premiere. Tweek: [fixes his aim on his target] That depends on how reasonable we're all willing to be. All I want are my friends. Cartman: Wow. Tweek: Except for Cartman - you can keep him. Cartman: AY! Francis Ford Coppola: And if we refuse? Tweek: Then your premiere has no movie! Stan: He's definitely lost it. Kyle: Yup. Steven Spielberg: [moves around to clear the area] Okay, okay. Stan- stand back, stand ba- stand back! Back! [people move away] Okay kid, you win. [puts on his hat] Blow it up. [some guards try to get the box, but Spielberg takes a walkie-talkie and forces them back] Zuroch! Zuroch! [turns and faces Tweek] Blow it back to God. [Tweek trembles, but his aim doesn't waver] All your life has been the pursuit of seeing a great film! This new version of Raiders has digital effects beyond your wildest dreams! You want to see it screened just as much as I. [Tweek grunts, showing he may be breaking] Kyle: Come on, Tweek! Blow it up! Steven Spielberg: [turns, walks to the box, and stands next to it] Son, we are simply passing through history. This... is imPROVED history. [Tweek stalls. The boys wait for Tweek's next move] Do as you will. [backs away, leaving the box clear. Tweek struggles, but lowers the launcher. Three guards appear behind him]
Many have commented on the fly on Rene's lip. If you listen closely, you'll hear a buzz sound effect that starts from 0:28 'til 0:30. It's also audible at 0:33, when the fly leaves Rene's lips. That means the audio team in post production saw the fly as well and decided to add a sound effect. Sheer genius...
@@JaegarLourdesHeathman And all of what Vogel did for the Nazis was off-screen. On-screen, he slapped Indy with a cane, got thrown off a blimp, slapped Henry repeatedly with a glove while keeping him and Marcus cornered in the tank, and died thanks to said tank exploding after falling off a precipice.
They all didn't realize that opening that thing was extremely dangerous and can kill all of them if eyes were open. Atleast Indy knew about how dangerous the Ark was and came prepared.
Imanol Lopez Romero: 0:11 😂😂, 0:19 Harrison Ford actor of John Thornton from the call of the wild (2020) and voice of Rooster from The Secret Life of Pets 2. This actor is alive this 2021
I don't mean to nitpick (and this is a great scene from one of my favorite movies), but they didn't have bazookas in 1936. The first bazooka wasn't introduced until 1942 in the U.S. Army and in the German Army shortly thereafter.
+Richard Hall Another thing they didn't have then-- the MP40 (the submachine guns the Nazis are carrying); the '40' in the name denotes the year said gun was introduced; 1940. Hell, the *predecessor* to the MP40, the MP38, wouldn't be around for another *two* years; in time for Last Crusade, but NOT Raiders (and even in Last Crusade, they STILL got it wrong by using the MP40, two years before it would've been introduced in real life).
I have to think that he would have let them go anyways, which he did.. even with Marion captured. That's why I like heroes like Indiana Jones. They're epic bad asses, but they are still human enough to make mistakes. He's a student of curiosity and the enemy knows it and plays it off to a T. I think Indy would have gone with them regardless if Marion was there or not because the Ark was his life's work and he was too close to it not to turn away from it.
If Indy did blow up the Ark, he will doom himself and the entire earth for desecration of the Ark itself. But when Belloq tells Indy "you want to see it opened as much as I do"...Indy surrenders, he decides to leave his fate in the hands of God.
This is a telling scene. It shows the reverence both men have for their occupation. Indy falls for a kind of light bluff, but it also implies truth about our place in things.
0:21 *dude in the black setting down to take a rest ("Dr Semelovsky" from the movie Firefox - the tall German officer was also in that movie as the "Chairman", a soviet bureaucrat) doesn't seem too worried about it* #JustSaying
just where was Marion planning on running to, she's surrounded by at least two dozen Nazis who know how obsessed Belloq is with her; and Indy is up on a cliff so it's not like he could protect her. That's the one thing I'ver never understood about this scene.
So wait, when is this suppose to take place, i looks like he's holding some wierd mix of a British piat and an RPG. RPG's were made after the war being copied from the german panzerfaust design.
I can only imagine how excited Jones was to say hello, they just left him in a sub miles only to see him again the next day, the guy in the black coat already gave up because he sits down in shame
seriously, an RPG in 1936. Shoulder-fired Recoiless rocket launchers didn't exist up until 1942 with the Bazooka. except for a prototype tube rocket launcher as a demonstration of innovative recoilless operation just before the end of ww1. I'd know because I invented it.
If Indy blew up the Ark he would have more than likely killed everyone around it, including Marion; and she's the whole reason he was still chasing them.
Somewhere on the 'net I read that the fly did not go into his mouth, it flew away, but the film was modified to make it seem it did, or it was added.... something like that.... Maybe try a Google search.
