2.5 - INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (2008) &Reality

Brace yourselves: it’s time for the fourth Indy film. We talk about fun heist-themed romps, moody art-house montages, and classic comedy capering; sadly, that’s in the first five — blissfully CRYSTAL SKULL-free — minutes. Oh dear.

This Week’s Watching
BETTER OFF DEAD (1985): Savage Steve Holland, John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers
KOYAANISQUATSI (1982): Godfrey Reggio, Ron Fricke, Philip Glass
NOW YOU SEE ME (2013): Louis Leterrier, Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo

Recommendations
HOLES (2003): Andrew Davis, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voigt
DEATH BECOMES HER (1992): Robert Zemeckis, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis
ALIEN (1979): Ridley Scott, Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver
BABEL (2006): Alejandro González Iñárritu, Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett

Footnotes We mentioned Eisenstein again: check out STRIKE (1925) and BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925), among many others. There’s a good article on Steven Spielberg and aliens, here. And there’s more on a concept that Rob mentioned in passing, but that we didn’t have time to go over, here. Finally, an update on IJV (please don’t bring Ford back).