GITS Script Reading & Analysis: “Raiders of the Lost Ark” — Tweet-Cast transcript

On Wednesday, August 26, we had a live Tweet-Cast of Raiders of the Lost Ark. What’s a Tweet-Cast? At 8PM Pacific, people from around the world pushed Play on an electronic device and watched the movie, then commented on it real-time on Twitter.

You may read the transcript here.

As for our week’s analysis of the script:

For Day 1 of our analysis focusing on general comments, go here.

For Day 2 of our analysis focusing on structure, go here.

For Day 3 of our analysis focusing on characters, go here.

For Day 4 of our analysis focusing on themes, go here.

For Day 5 of our analysis focusing on dialogue, go here.

Here is a special treat: A Q&A with Lucas and Spielberg recorded on the 30th anniversary of the movie’s release.

Special thanks to screenwriter John Gary [@JohnGary] for his excellent analysis of character and theme which you can read on Days 3 and 4 of this week’s posts.

For all of the other screenplays and commentary in the GITS Script Reading & Analysis series, go here.

NOTE: THE USE OF THESE SCREENPLAYS IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.