Backwards Shot in TOD?

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Posted by Shishak from spider-wd024.proxy.aol.com on February 19, 2000 at 15:05:35:

Hey, I was just watching THE TEMPLE OF DOOM the other night, and I think I noticed something. Has anyone ever noticed that in the shot where Indy, Willie and Short Round reach the top of the mountain and the walkway leading to the door of Pankot Palace, it looks backwards. Indy's whip and bag hang over his RIGHT hip, while we all know that they usually hang over his LEFT hip. You can't see his holster in that shot, which makes it harder to prove that the film was printed upside down!

What do you all think? Do you think that Ford just decided to wear everything on the other side for this shot, or do you think that Spielberg and editor Michael Kahn made a booboo in the editing? Another scenario be that it was originally filmed the opposite way, but Spielberg decided to reverse it in the editing because he wanted Indy, Willie and Shorty to take a right when they reached the Palace and not a left.

Or maybe I'm just crazy...

What's your take?


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