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In the final scene of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, released in 1989, Steven Spielberg has his iconic bullwhip-wielding, snake-hating archaeologist and all the major characters literally ride off into the sunset. “I had no doubts that the curtain was lowering on the series,” recalls the director. Neither did Harrison Ford.

The new instalment also brings back Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen), Dr Jones’s object of desire in the first film in the series. New to the cast is the Transformers star Shia LaBeouf, as a leather-jacketed sidekick with a not so accidental resemblance to Marlon Brando in The Wild One.

Then, of course, there is Ford – in Spielberg’s view the secret weapon that allowed the series to become so popular. “I remember the day they sent the costume home to see where we would have to adjust and change sizes,” recalls Ford. “I had not worn it for 18 years, but when I put it on it felt like a glove. And I felt immediately ready to go.”

Ford, 65, is not a method actor or someone who enjoys intellectualising his work. He loves his 800-acre ranch in Wyoming. He loves to fly his private fleet of aeroplanes. And throughout his career he has not tried to hide his distaste for the ritual of meeting with the press.

It makes the actor uncomfortable. He also avoids all mention of his private life, including his relationship with the actress Calista Flockhart. When I met him recently in Beverly Hills a few days before his departure for this week’s Cannes International Film Festival, where Crystal Skull will be presented on Sunday, he allows himself some glimpses of introspection, something he does not do often in public.

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Four men were admitted to hospital in December 2006 after sessions with Naenae tattooist Sua Vitale Fa%26#39;alavelavee went horribly wrong.
Health authorities and the Labour Department conducted urgent investigations into the tattooist, but were powerless to prosecute him or to demand he stop work.
There are no laws governing traditional tattooing, known as pe%26#39;a.
Mr Vitale voluntarily agreed to stop working while authorities investigated, but has since been cleared to work again.
One of his victims, who was just hours from death as flesh-eating bacteria ravaged nearly 25 per cent of his body surface, said Mr Vitale should not be allowed to work again.
But he knew of at least two people who had recently been tattooed by the man.
A year ago Mr Vitale quoted $1500 for the work, but the man said the people he had heard about were paying up to $5000 in cash, food, alcohol and cigarettes.
The man required emergency surgery and spent three weeks in hospital, and still has a large hole in his leg.
%26quot;I look like a shark came up and bit me,%26quot; he said.
%26quot;They had to cut the infections out. It%26#39;s healed but I will never be the same again.%26quot;
He lost the pe%26#39;a as tattooed skin from one leg had to be grafted on to the other, creating a pattern on the other leg. He hopes to travel to Samoa to have the tattoo redone.
Mr Vitale could not be reached for comment.
Wellington%26#39;s medical officer of health cleared him to work again after he proved he understood infection control.
Annette Nesdale said Wellington Hospital clinical microbiologist Mark Jones visited the tattooist up to three times last year.
In late October, Dr Jones went to his home and observed his practice and found he demonstrated an %26quot;acceptable standard%26quot; of infection control, she said.
Dr Nesdale confirmed there were no laws governing traditional tattooists, but some city councils have bylaws requiring they be registered.
Neither Wellington nor Hutt City councils have such regulations.
Porirua Deputy Mayor Litea Ah Hoi said taxpayers were footing the health bill for the four men who nearly died, yet there were no laws to monitor tattooists, known as tofuga.
Tofuga received thousands of dollars in cash for every pe%26#39;a, yet they rarely paid taxes and no one made sure they operated safely.
%26quot;These boys almost died from this practice but we don%26#39;t have any laws around it. That%26#39;s unacceptable.%26quot;
She said Samoan people put their lives in the hands of tofuga and needed to be protected from malpractitioners.
The pe%26#39;a stretches from the waist to the knees, and is traditionally done with a boar%26#39;s tusk comb. The procedure can take weeks and is extremely painful.

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