Extended Reading
  • Gillian 2021-12-31 08:01:59

    Good film, a good example of teaching materials for thrillers~~~

    After reading the disc, look at the introduction on the package (it’s the habit). It’s not an exaggeration to say that this is a model teaching material for thrillers. I have been horrified, until the weak finally won, but he still did not explain the driver of the big tractor, nor did he explain...

  • Trenton 2021-12-31 08:01:59

    duel

    The protagonist is a middle-aged man named David Mann (Dennis Weaver), who is driving alone on a deserted interstate that day. Then a big truck appeared and stood in front of David, who unceremoniously passed him. Then the two cars overtook each other's car on the highway. At first, David wanted to...

  • Davonte 2022-03-23 09:02:10

    The director's debut film tore the bag → a minimalist highway thriller, let the big truck be the chaotic and evil villain. The truck driver can't see anyone alive or dead, and integrates with the car into an inhuman existence. The rhythm of suspense control is very good, and it is simply neat and completely lacking in the later promiscuous style of Director Si. It can be regarded as the beginning of monster films such as "Jaws" and "Jurassic Park". The chaotic psychological depiction of the snack bar is quite similar to the "Yin and Yang Demon Realm" series, and the music has a very obvious Hitchcock flavor (the camera language also steals a lot → especially "North by Northwest"), as a driving film, you can also think of " The Price of Fear.

  • Ulises 2021-12-31 08:01:59

    The road bullying incident without reason or logic is so nonsensical that it has a certain metaphysical sense of fatalism. The meticulous cross-editing, the mastery of the rhythm, the atmosphere, and the thrilling sound effects, I don't know how many films have been borrowed. They are at the forefront of the times as soon as they are shot. Some people are really born to eat movies.

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Duel quotes

  • David Mann: [David Mann mistakenly thinks that the man eating a sandwich in the cafe is the truck driver harassing him] Look, uh... I want you to cut it out.

    Man in Cafe: [bites into sandwich, chewing] Wha?

    David Mann: Just... just cut it out, okay?

    Man in Cafe: [bites into sandwich again, chewing] Cut what out?

    David Mann: Now come on, let's uh... let's not play games.

    Man in Cafe: What the hell you talkin' about?

    David Mann: I can call the police.

    Man in Cafe: [stops eating, looks suprised] Police?

    David Mann: You think that I won't? You're wrong, mister. I mean if you think you can just... just take that... that truck of yours and use it as a murder weapon and uh... killin' people on the highway... you're wrong! You got another thing comin'!

    Man in Cafe: [shakes head, fed up] Man, you need help.

    David Mann: [Mann slaps the sandwich out of his hand] Don't you tell me I need *help*!

    Man in Cafe: [punches Mann in the stomach]

    Cafe Owner: [piercing, nasal voice] Heeeeeey!

  • Cafe Owner: [as David Mann exits cafe restroom and enters dining area] Are you all right?

    David Mann: Yeah, I'm fine.

    Cafe Owner: What happened out there?

    David Mann: Oh, just a slight complication.

    Cafe Owner: Oh? Looked like a big complication to me!

    [Cafe patrons laugh. Mann gives an irritated look]