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Raiders of the Lost Ark : Why'd It Have To Be Snakes?

Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) and Sallah (John Rhys-Davies) find the Well of Souls, where the Ark of the Covenant resides.

Why'd It Have To Be Snakes?

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CGI, backlighting, close-up, crosscutting, dissolve, dolly shot, eyeline match, following shot, framing, high angle, historical mise-en-scene, lighting, location, long shot, low angle, match on action, medium close-up, medium long shot, medium shot, music, nondiegetic, narrative cuing, natural lighting, pan, point-of-view shot, set, special effects, suspense, tilt, tracking shot

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LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, Middle Eastern/North African, White: White American

"Why'd It Have To Be Snakes?" in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Paramount Pictures, 1981, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3881

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