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Raiders of the Lost Ark's 30th Anniversary

Started by Maurizio, Sep 23 2011 12:45 PM
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#1 Maurizio

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Posted 23 September 2011 - 12:45 PM

A couple of weeks ago, a special screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark was held in Los Angeles to celebrate the film's 30th Anniversary.

Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford attended the event and held a special post-screening Q&A, as it was reported on several threads here. The LA Times has now published the entire Q&A video. Check it out, it's worth:

http://herocomplex.l...iders-lost-ark/
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Posted 23 September 2011 - 01:03 PM

Watching it now.

Wow, Spielberg is a pretty funny guy, never seen him like this! Love the phone conversation...

And again wow, Harrison Ford is a boring guy... :lol:

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Posted 23 September 2011 - 01:53 PM

An interesting chat. Spielberg was his normal affable self and articulate about all things he talked about. Not so with Harrison Ford who seemed struggle with every sentence. Either he is getting senile or he was horribly nervous. Spielberg is a funny guy and Mr. Ford seems to have his own variety of quiet humor. The discussion had many good points and the interviewers had great questions for the pair. Particularly the CGI and how it is used seems to be a hot topic and Steven Spielberg has quite a healthy attitude towards it.

And that George Lucas imitation by Spielberg was priceless! :lol:

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Posted 18 October 2011 - 11:31 AM

Just saw this! Excellent stuff. Spielberg doesn't do a lot of public interviews and stuff, so we need more of that.

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Posted 18 October 2011 - 12:32 PM

An interesting chat. Spielberg was his normal affable self and articulate about all things he talked about. Not so with Harrison Ford who seemed struggle with every sentence. Either he is getting senile or he was horribly nervous. Spielberg is a funny guy and Mr. Ford seems to have his own variety of quiet humor. The discussion had many good points and the interviewers had great questions for the pair. Particularly the CGI and how it is used seems to be a hot topic and Steven Spielberg has quite a healthy attitude towards it.

And that George Lucas imitation by Spielberg was priceless! :lol:


Ford's always been like that in interviews and public events. He's quite shy.
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Posted 18 October 2011 - 01:58 PM

Is "ROTLA" going to get a wider relaese?

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Posted 19 October 2011 - 01:17 AM

Not that I know.

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