An Indiana Jones movie needs a good opening scene. Booby traps, rolling stones, nuclear bombs, poison arrows – well begun is half done here. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have already thrown viewers into the action here, expressing their love for classic adventure series. Of course there are high expectations of director James Mangold, who will now direct the conclusion of the Indy saga. And also for the opening scene, the filmmaker has come up with something very special that should make the audience downright nostalgic…
Because in the opening scene we can see a boy again Harrison Ford experience who, just like in the old parts, will swing the whip and beat up Nazis – modern aging technology makes it possible! The opening scene takes place in 1944 in a castle under siege by the Nazis – before moving onto the main plot in 1969.
The magic of the old Indy movies!
Director James Mangold on the opening sequence: “I wanted the chance to immerse myself in this old George and Steven movie and give the audience an adrenaline rush.” The use of aging technology gives audiences another chance to recreate the spirit of the original films: “The audience therefore does not experience the change between the 1940s and the 1960s as intellectual self-importance, but literally experiences the buccaneer spirit of those early days.… and then the beginning of the present.”
Various techniques were used to revive the old Indiana Jones, including software that searches archived footage of the younger Harrison Ford and matches it with freshly shot footage. Even the props are meticulously detailed, with the original Raiders of the Ark jacket taken out of storage and fitted by Ford before being recreated.
De-Aging Technology: Impressively real and also a little creepy
Producer Kathleen Kennedy on the opening scene: “I hope while the technology is being talked about, you look at the film and think, ‘Oh my god, they just found footage. That was filmed 40 years ago’. We’ll immerse you into an adventure, something Indy is looking for, and you immediately feel, ‘I’m in an Indiana Jones movie.'”
And even Indy actor Harrison Ford was impressed by the technology in an interview with Empire: “This is the first time I see it and believe it. It’s a bit creepy. I don’t think I want to know how it works, but it does.”
Will young Indiana Jones really be so deceptively real? We absolutely look forward to falling back into the old magic of Indy movies. From June 29, 2023, viewers can see for themselves whether it is possible to evoke the spirit of the past with the latest technology, because then “Indiana Jones5in German cinemas.