Despite its blockbuster status and stellar reputation, director Steven Spielberg’s 1981 action-adventure Raiders of the Lost Ark had its share of controversies and even a few continuity errors. One of them has baffled fans of Indiana Jones since the film’s premiere: Indy’s astounding ability to travel alongside a submarine without drowning. It arrives late in the film, after the Nazis have seized both Marion and the Ark. Indy makes a desperate move to stay with them by swimming to their U-Boat and hitching a ride. It’s less a straight continuity error than a lack of detail surrounding his actions. However, the mere existence of the Lost Ark submarine controversy speaks volumes about Spielberg’s challenge in making the movie.Like many great directors, Spielberg is a perfectionist, which can cause his films to run over schedule and over budget. Both Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind encountered unexpected delays and similar challenges during production, which bloated their budgets enormously. Both of them became colossal hits, and helped cement the era of movie blockbusters in the process, so their excess costs were overlooked. However, Spielberg’s next film, 1941, was an expensive bomb (still regarded as one of the low points in the director’s career) which suddenly made his perfectionism a concern. As Spielberg explained to American Cinematographer, he had gained some infamy for a perceived lack of financial discipline. For Raiders, he didn’t receive the same leeway he had with previous movies and needed to change his approach. He shot the film in the style of the Republic Pictures serials it emulated: fast, energetic and with an occasional continuity error that rarely crops up elsewhere in the director’s other work. Raiders turned into another big hit for him, and the fast-and-loose approach to shooting didn’t matter at all to the public. It might even have contributed to its affectionate nostalgia for the Republic serials. However, it also created a cut scene that triggered one of the movie’s great mysteries. The controversy is simple. Late in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Nazis intercept the ship Bantu Wind and abduct both Marion Ravenwood and the Ark of the Covenant. Indy evades capture by hiding in the ship’s hold, but he now faces the prospect of watching the Germans sail off with his partner and his prize.
Despite its blockbuster status and stellar reputation, director Steven Spielberg’s 1981 action-adventure Raiders of the Lost Ark had its share of controversies and even a few continuity errors. One of them has baffled fans of Indiana Jones since the film’s premiere: Indy’s astounding ability to travel alongside a submarine without drowning. It arrives late in the film, after the Nazis have seized both Marion and the Ark. Indy makes a desperate move to stay with them by swimming to their U-Boat and hitching a ride. It’s less a straight continuity error than a lack of detail surrounding his actions. However, the mere existence of the Lost Ark submarine controversy speaks volumes about Spielberg’s challenge in making the movie.
Like many great directors, Spielberg is a perfectionist, which can cause his films to run over schedule and over budget. Both Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind encountered unexpected delays and similar challenges during production, which bloated their budgets enormously. Both of them became colossal hits, and helped cement the era of movie blockbusters in the process, so their excess costs were overlooked. However, Spielberg’s next film, 1941, was an expensive bomb (still regarded as one of the low points in the director’s career) which suddenly made his perfectionism a concern. As Spielberg explained to American Cinematographer, he had gained some infamy for a perceived lack of financial discipline. For Raiders, he didn’t receive the same leeway he had with previous movies and needed to change his approach. He shot the film in the style of the Republic Pictures serials it emulated: fast, energetic and with an occasional continuity error that rarely crops up elsewhere in the director’s other work. Raiders turned into another big hit for him, and the fast-and-loose approach to shooting didn’t matter at all to the public. It might even have contributed to its affectionate nostalgia for the Republic serials. However, it also created a cut scene that triggered one of the movie’s great mysteries.
The controversy is simple. Late in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Nazis intercept the ship Bantu Wind and abduct both Marion Ravenwood and the Ark of the Covenant. Indy evades capture by hiding in the ship’s hold, but he now faces the prospect of watching the Germans sail off with his partner and his prize.
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