Part of 2013: The Year of Inspiration.

I know Thanksgiving is far away, but one of my core religious beliefs is being thankful for whatever I can whenever I can. Today I'd like to be thankful for Del, for making his return, because without that happening, I would have never found out about this absolutely fascinating and seminal "filmumentary" that I will most definitely watch many times during my life as a filmmaker.

I don't really quite know what to say about it, actually. It's a phenomenal mix of Behind-the-Scenes audio, footage, pictures, script segments, interviews, and just about everything related to the making of Raiders.

Anyone that's even remotely interested in the making of a film will love every second of this. It shows the how's, do's, and don't's as well as improvisation in the event that something goes wrong.

Flawless documentary work by the filmmaker, for the filmmaker. And the fans. And everyone.

Just watch it.

"Well, I mean that for nearly three thousand years man has been searching for the lost ark. It's not something to be taken lightly. No one knows its secrets. It's like nothing you've ever gone after before. " .. Dr. Marcus Brody

Everything you ever wanted to know about raiders of the lost ark but were afraid to ask. Simply brilliant.

"Well, I mean that for nearly three thousand years man has been searching for the lost ark. It's not something to be taken lightly. No one knows its secrets. It's like nothing you've ever gone after before. " .. Dr. Marcus Brody

Everything you ever wanted to know about raiders of the lost ark but were afraid to ask. Simply brilliant.

Part of 2013: The Year of Inspiration.

I know Thanksgiving is far away, but one of my core religious beliefs is being thankful for whatever I can whenever I can. Today I'd like to be thankful for Del, for making his return, because without that happening, I would have never found out about this absolutely fascinating and seminal "filmumentary" that I will most definitely watch many times during my life as a filmmaker.

I don't really quite know what to say about it, actually. It's a phenomenal mix of Behind-the-Scenes audio, footage, pictures, script segments, interviews, and just about everything related to the making of Raiders.

Anyone that's even remotely interested in the making of a film will love every second of this. It shows the how's, do's, and don't's as well as improvisation in the event that something goes wrong.

Flawless documentary work by the filmmaker, for the filmmaker. And the fans. And everyone.

Just watch it.

The latest offering from Jamie Benning. Another fabulous insight into a classic. If you've seen Raiders many times, then this version injects a gust of wind back into it.

Excellent stuff once again with insights and commentary edited into the film. Worth a watch.

Another superb filmumentary from Jamie Benning, that interweaves behind the scenes footage, text and audio commentary, storyboards and concept art, and old and new interviews, around the body of the film Raiders Of The Lost Ark itself. here's my piece on it with the actual link to the doc on vimeo screenjabber.com/raiding-the-lost-ark-filmumentary-released