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In 1981, "Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark" was released in cinemas. The material was developed by "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, but director Steven Spielberg implemented the idea, which said goodbye to New Hollywood and marked a return to the Hollywood studio system. The blockbuster does not thrive on the new, but on a remix of the familiar: In "Indiana Jones", which is designed as an American answer to the British James Bond, elements from the adventure and detective film, film noir, comedy and western genres are put together to create a film for the whole family. Indy (Harrison Ford) must find the Ark of the Covenant, in which the Ten Commandments were kept, because it can make a state invincible. Remarkably, God himself intervenes in the events. It is not the hero, but a higher power that ultimately controls the fate. This deus ex machina brings about a remythologization that results in a strange, anti-modern understanding of the state. More on this from Wolfgang M. Schmitt in the new film analysis! Literature: Horst Dreyer: State without God. Religion in secular modernity. CH Beck You can support THE FILM ANALYSIS financially - thank you very much! PayPal: http://www.paypal.me/filmanalyse Patreon: / wolfgangmschmitt Wolfgang M. Schmitt Subject: THE FILM ANALYSIS IBAN: DE29 5745 0120 0130 7858 43 BIC: MALADE51NWD Produced by FatboyFilm: https://www.fatboyfilm.de / fatboyfilm / fatboyfilm