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Ep 149 - STEVEN SPIELBERG'S DUEL (1971): STILL ALIVE AND DRIVING AT 55!!
DUEL (1971) d. Steven Spielberg (USA)
Adapted by Richard Matheson from his original short story, Duel follows traveling salesman David Mann (Dennis Weaver) as a routine drive through the California desert turns into a relentless pursuit by a mysterious tanker truck and its unseen driver.
Director Steven Spielberg and his expert team exploit that simple premise with remarkable precision. Every stretch of empty highway, every glance in the rearview mirror, becomes charged with dread. The truck itself emerges as one of the great monsters of 1970s cinema: a growling, smoke-belching machine with…
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