The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony, is one of history’s most intriguing ancient mysteries. According to Biblical sources, it was constructed after Moses had freed the Israelites from Egypt in the wilderness, and items of spiritual significant were placed in the chest.
they ve lost control of the ark of the covenant and indy says, no, i m gonna get it back. and his friend, says, how are you gonna do it? i don t know, i m making this up as i go. that to me was what life was like. we just make it up as we go. and indiana jones is very good at that. we came up with an idea, like a truck chase, and then we figured, well, how do we get the truck chase in the movie? so we had these big kind of subjects and then we kind of reverse-engineered in order for it to earn its place in the story. pi selberg is a master of staging. even when they re moving very fast and cutting very quickly, you always know the lay of the land. he can create suspense out of details big and small. and there s always the action