The announcement of a recent Indiana Jones film,to be released when the lead actor is 77, has revealed an attitude to old age out of sync with societyThere are many legitimate reasons to eye-roll at the news that a fifth Indiana Jones film is in the works. The fourth Indiana Jones film, or for a start (2008’s The Kingdom of the Crystal cranium,in which Shia LaBeouf was not the worst thing). General franchise fatigue, for another: do we ever need a fifth instalment of anything? Surely Ford, or Steven Spielberg (returning to direct) and Kathleen Kennedy (who’s produced these movies and Star Wars) bear enough cash in the bank already? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com