Clan Murphy adores the Indy movies, and to be frank don’t quite know what to think or expect of Indy 4, now filming. It’s not just a matter of Harrison Ford getting older—that could be a lot of fun, if handled well—it’s as much to do with a feeling that Spielberg has lost a good deal of his playfulness as a movie director these last ten years or so, and Indy must be playful above all things. (Witness the problems with the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie. It’s as if our beloved Jack Sparroww—do we watch these movies for anything or anyone else?—had stumbled in on the wrong movie, and a ponderous and self-important wannabe epic at that.)John thinks a lot of Spielberg’s recent tendency towards misanthropic cinema may have something to do with the fact that he no longer storyboards, so his films have gotten looser, less focused, heavier. And he’s working exclusively with cinematographer Kaminsky, who though brilliant, tends to give Spielberg’s movies a relentlessly dark and brooding feel. Please God, not Indy!
Anyway, click here to see a pic from the new Indiana Jones set—our first look at the “new” Indy.