Temple of Doom/Indiana Jones is sorta loosely based on the TinTin comics, which Spielberg later made a movie of also. The whole thing seemingly takes place in the 1920’s when those comics did, and that depiction of India is right in line with the 1920’s and how it would have been depicted then.
Temple of Doom/Indiana Jones is sorta loosely based on the TinTin comics, which Spielberg later made a movie of also. The whole thing seemingly takes place in the 1920’s when those comics did, and that depiction of India is right in line with the 1920’s and how it would have been depicted then.