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  • Does It Fly? The Most Infamous Scene in the Indiana Jones Movies Explained (Season 1, Episode 16)
  • Podcast Episode | Sci-Fi

Does It Fly?

The Most Infamous Scene in the Indiana Jones Movies Explained (Season 1, Episode 16)
Podcast Episode | Sci-Fi
When people think of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, they tend to go straight to the infamous moment when a man's still-beating heart is torn from his chest. We're taking a look into the specifics...and the possibilities...of ...See moreWhen people think of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, they tend to go straight to the infamous moment when a man's still-beating heart is torn from his chest. We're taking a look into the specifics...and the possibilities...of heart-ripping. You know the scene. A grisly human sacrifice. A terrified archaeologist looking on in horror from the shadows. A poor religious fanatic has his still-beating heart torn from his chest by a high priest before bursting into flames. While this seems like the kind of scene that would have been perfectly at home in a John Carpenter movie in the 1980s, instead it comes from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the second entry in the franchise (albeit a prequel to 1980's Raiders of the Lost Ark), and one which takes a decidedly darker tone than the relatively family-friendly adventure of the previous film. That moment is alleged to have given birth to the PG-13 movie rating, for one thing. But it also kick-started a small but specific subset of pop culture fascination: the concept that someone's heart could be manually removed from their chest with no tools, using only the skills (sometimes mystical in nature) of an adversary. Fans of the Mortal Kombat franchise take note: long before Kano was ripping hearts out, Mola Ram was doing it...and with better fashion sense, to boot. And while it SEEMS like the realm of pure (if icky) fantasy, it's still worth breaking down whether any element of this gruesome little party trick has basis in scientific reality. And if that doesn't quicken your pulse (sorry), we've got behind the scenes tidbits on what made it all look so good, how this singular moment helped force the MPAA to institute PG-13, and more. Now, time for a little heart-to-heart with Tamara and Hakeem. See less
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Kelsey Goldberg
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Andrew Halley
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Updated Aug 2, 2024
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Aug 2, 2024 (United States)

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Tamara Krinsky
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Tomorrow's World Today (2018)
Hakeem Oluseyi
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The Stars in My Soul
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