00:00When you signed on to this project, where did you start?
00:04Script. It's where you always have to start. What is the story?
00:07And for me, I don't think we felt like we were there yet,
00:11so the biggest first responsibility I felt was to get enough time,
00:16push back the release date and get the script right,
00:18because I think too often these days movies are made for a date
00:22instead of to tell a story.
00:24And we figured out what that story was and then we set about making it.
00:30How did you want to send Harrison Ford off with this movie?
00:33Well, first of all, with something of quality that represents the kind of integrity
00:38his legacy of work represents.
00:42In this movie, of course, compared to when the first film came out,
00:46there are way more special effects available, but fans love this franchise
00:49for the practical effects, for the actual car explosions.
00:52How did you want to balance both of those special effects and practical effects?
00:55Well, we made this movie at the height of the pandemic,
00:57so it is a real challenge making a globe-trotting mega picture
01:03when the entire world is in lockdown.
01:05But those aesthetics still apply.
01:07We traveled, you know, at one point we were going to India,
01:10then we had to shift it to Morocco because the pandemic was,
01:13in terms of what was impossible or closed, boundaries suddenly closed.
01:17But we stayed flexible and we kept working, and we did travel the world,
01:23and we did go to real places, and that for me is part of the character of these films.
01:28There are so many fans of the franchise here today so excited to see the movie.
01:32What are you most excited for these fans to see in the film?
01:34Well, I think the moment that the Disney logo vanishes and you're plunged into action in this movie,
01:40and you hear the bombs falling and John Williams' music, his trumpets and brass playing,
01:46I think you're just transported into a world, not only of Indiana Jones that we miss,
01:52but for me, a kind of more classical style of filmmaking that, you know, one of the reasons I was so eager to join with this team,
02:01despite all the reasons you might go, whoa, do you want to really step into this mix,
02:06is that, you know, Steven Spielberg represents to me, he's one of my idols.
02:13You know, when I was 17, I came to the Indiana Jones and Raiders of the Lost Ark on the very first day,
02:19on the first matinee, and Steven was one of the people who made me want to be a movie director,
02:24so the chance to collaborate with him and also the kind of shared aesthetic,
02:31which is that I think, you know, Steven and George have always been in love with Golden Age films
02:37and mining them and the classic Hollywood style for what is an incredible portfolio of work
02:45that has literally changed the course of cinema and business.
02:48And I love old-school classic filmmaking, so I think it was a very pleasurable, easy fit.
02:56Thank you so much. Have a great night.
02:58Thank you. Thank you.
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