"And I suddenly remembered my Charlemagne..."

[tree_and_leaf]

Last night I watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in German, which is a curious experience. The dubbing is fairly well done, but there are a few changes of emphasis - the most obvious being the scene where Indy and his dad have been captured in the Austrian castle, Ilsa kisses him, with the words 'That's how we say goodbye in Austria', and the SS bloke says 'And this is how we say goodbye in Germany', and hits him. In the German, he says something like 'This is how the SS says goodbye.'

It's such a splendid film, though - and the rather free way it handles mediaeval history and literature (not to mention geography!) is not inappropriate, given the myriad sources from which the various versions of the Grail legend coalesced. (Although I admit I am biased in favour of a film in which mediaevalism is represented by Sean Connery!) Theologically, it's a lot better than one might expect.

Am going to see the new film on Wednesday night; have very low expectations, but after two hours of an academic planning meeting, I'm sure it can't fail to be an improvement on that

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[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

Last Crusade is one of my favourite films, period. I must admit there is a part of me that is really looking forward to the new one, but the rational rest of my brain is pointing out that it simply won't be the same as when I saw the trilogy as a child and fell madly in love with the secret lives of academics. ;)

And, yes, I still hope that someday academia will be just like Indiana Jones. Sad, but true.

[tree_and_leaf]

IAWT, on all counts!

(I would like to know how Jone's senior's life's research all fitted into one Moleskine, though. Maybe it's charmed?)

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

Now that is a crossover waiting to happen. Dr Jones Sr., secretly a member of a wizarding university?