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Oh definitely. I love the look. I even wear my ORs and Westerns with a leather Jacket...
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Now THAT should be you avatar.
Oh definitely. I love the look. I even wear my ORs and Westerns with a leather Jacket...
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I don't think the fedora really had a significant role in making Raiders popular. It was just an integral part of the costuming, given the era the film portrays. (would that Ford wore it like it was actually worn during the era and not like a ball cap) The question that should be asked is would fedoras be as popular as they are had Raiders not been a popular success?
"The question that should be asked is would fedoras be as popular as they are had Raiders not been a popular success?"
I think you guys give that movie, far, far too much power over pop culture. Sure it impacted the ten of you here that got excited over fedoras because the movies came out when you were kids or teens. But many of the rock stars and movie stars and hipsters helping to bring them back now were little kids or not even born when those movies came out. The film likely had zero impact on them. I mean, come on. That first film came out in 1981!
I just think that many of you are giving way too much cultural weight to the Indy Jones fedora.
"The question that should be asked is would fedoras be as popular as they are had Raiders not been a popular success?"
I think you guys give that movie, far, far too much power over pop culture. Sure it impacted the ten of you here that got excited over fedoras because the movies came out when you were kids or teens. But many of the rock stars and movie stars and hipsters helping to bring them back now were little kids or not even born when those movies came out. The film likely had zero impact on them. I mean, come on. That first film came out in 1981!
I just think that many of you are giving way too much cultural weight to the Indy Jones fedora.
I largely agree with you. Not only that, over here, fedoras were already worn by some pop stars and actors before the Indy films. I remember owning 3 or 4 when the film came out. For some people hats were cool in the 1970's. Even the series Dr Who featured a wide brimmed hat in the 1970's.
The fedora is crucial for the silhouet, the character. It is iconic.
This icon already existed.
It is an archetype of the treasure hunter:
Fred C. Dobbs - Humphrey Bogart - Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Harry Steel - Charleston Heston - Secret of the Incas
Indiana Jones is the Mark 3. and the hat is consequential.
It is not a question of the hat being instrumental in the success. It is an essential part of the archetype which already existed. Lucas gave it a good platform in the footsteps of the predecessors. THAT is what made it successfull and the hat is an integral part of it.
The character would not have existed without the hat. The rest of the question is superfluous.
Have a look at Harry Steel in the Secret of the Incas. The film is almost a blue print for ´Raiders´.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X33ActK3gT8&list=PLBE5A35E0BA8BAEC5
The fedora is crucial for the silhouet, the character. It is iconic.
This icon already existed.
It is an archetype of the treasure hunter:
Fred C. Dobbs - Humphrey Bogart - Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Harry Steel - Charleston Heston - Secret of the Incas
Indiana Jones is the Mark 3. and the hat is consequential.
It is not a question of the hat being instrumental in the success. It is an essential part of the archetype which already existed. Lucas gave it a good platform in the footsteps of the predecessors. THAT is what made it successfull and the hat is an integral part of it.
The character would not have existed without the hat. The rest of the question is superfluous.
Have a look at Harry Steel in the Secret of the Incas. The film is almost a blue print for ´Raiders´.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X33ActK3gT8&list=PLBE5A35E0BA8BAEC5