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This is the TV movie that put Steven Spielberg on the map, shortly before he made The Sugarland Express. Working from a script by Richard Matheson, the film stars Dennis Weaver as a mild-mannered traveling salesman who unintentionally angers the driver of a semi truck. Suddenly, the truck is not only riding his tail but trying to run him off the road. No matter what he does (pulling over, stopping at a diner, calling the cops), he can't get rid of it. Spielberg makes the wise decision of never showing the driver, even as he cranks the voltage on the film's suspense elements. As a result, the truck itself takes on an air of satanic menace--even a personality of sorts--as it seems to hunt its human prey. Spielberg made a lot out of a little, suggesting just how skilled a storyteller he would become. --Marshall Fine
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Watch it twice,
By Zara (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Duel (VHS Tape)
I feel that this is a film that you have to watch twice before you can fully apreciate its content. You need to be open minded, and be prepared for a film of this structure. The directing is amazing and truly builds up the tension and the editing is at its very best, therefore very little dialogue is needed.This is a wounderful piece of film making, however those that cannot see beyond their favorite typical shallow predictable ending type films stay away from this movie its too hot for you.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Duel- A Speilberg classic,
By John Vincent (Lindsay, Ontario) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Duel (DVD)
This movie has been reviewed many times on the basis of 'man vs. technology'. I believe a closer look at the nuances presented in the movie show an excellent metaphor of 'man (Mann?) vs. his fears'.We are allowed to over hear the phone in radio show on Mann's (Dennis Weaver) car radio. The show highlighting how the caller is no longer master of his own house and the fears he has on how to handle it. That is echoed when Mann stops for gas. The station attendant says 'you're the boss' while Mann replies with 'not in my house' Mann's phone conversation with his wife reinforces his character of trying to hide his fears and not deal with them. The truck is the symbol of his fears and his way of handling them, or rather avoiding them. He can't stop and let them pass by, they will always be there farhter down the road, as the truck is. He can't out run them as they will always be tailgating. Throughout all this we never identify the truck driver as that fact is unimportant. Mann is finally backed to a corner where he has to either die or face his fears. He does face them with interesting results. An excellent movie that should be looked at beyond the car vs. truck Duel.
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the first of its genre--and possibly the best,
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This review is from: Duel (VHS Tape)
Reviewers highlight the wonderful qualities of this must-see movie, but to me one of the most praiseworthy is that it is a pioneer--that other films since "Duel" are imitations of its suspense and edge-of-insanity horror. Spielberg, in his first try, gave cinema the prototype of an everyday situation that becomes a nightmare.He and Dennis Weaver made small moments perfect. The truck's death, like a great dinosaur, with Weaver capering like a Stone Age warrior celebrating his kill, then sitting exhausted and sober, throwing pebbles at the carcass. It is my favorite part.
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