With these interviews, its all fresh in the filmmakers minds. Not distanced and colored by nostalgia and time. These are their thoughts and feelings as they were making the movie itself, not after years of being separated from it.
These older docs are always FAR better than the EPK crap you see nowdays, with everybody kissing each other's ass in the interviews, spinning it to make it seem like there are no problems...these older docs are more honest and interesting.
It's important for some of you to remember that part of a filmmaker's (and actor's) job is to promote their latest work even if they are disappointed with the finished product. Take Shia's rant against Indy 4 right after it came out for example. What did Spielberg say to him when he called him into his office: "There's a time to be a human being and have an opinion and there's a time to sell cars." Hopefully this paints a more clearer picture of where this 'type' of contradiction comes from and why it is to be expected in this industry. That's not to say that Steven & George haven't said or done dumb things before... ;)
After the release of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull he started saying 'it was all George's idea' again, lol. It looks like they had more fun making this picture than they did on Raiders. Karen Allen seemed pretty tough to work with the first time out and Harrison Ford seems less grumpy on this one as well.
Absolutely. Steven is like every movie viewer under the age of 30 who depend on Rotten Tomatoes and know-nothings like Angry Joe, Chris Stuckbitch and Jeremy Jizz: can't have their own opinion. They rely on what other people think. Clearly Steven loved working on Temple of Doom, and thought it kicked ass. But he became a sensitive, delicate type once the baseless reactions came in. Temple of Doom is the most ballsy film the guy made, he should be proud. My only hope is that James Mangold does the same treatment with part 5. Dark, violent, nasty villains and a large body count caused by Jones himself. Think Temple of Doom meets Logan.
Interesting to see Spielberg mention he liked the idea of a darker adventure, ever since the film got panned (undeservedly, I love it, second only to raiders, I reckon) he's been blaming George for the darker turn. F'n' hypocrite
The man was a master at playing villains. Even Spielberg today called him the greatest villain actor. Mola Ram remains Jones' best adversary. Yes, there's more history with Belloq, but I'm talking about what we see in the movies themselves. Mola Ram is most evil, turned Jones into a slave, and took him head on in a fight while dangling off a bridge. I can't see Belloq, Donovan and Spalko doing that. They all relied on their henchmen like Bond villains.
