{"id":37812,"date":"2021-01-06T21:28:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T20:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=37812"},"modified":"2025-12-04T22:25:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:25:49","slug":"duel-one-of-the-few-films-that-are-both-intellectual-and-popular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/cinema\/films\/duel-one-of-the-few-films-that-are-both-intellectual-and-popular\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abDuel\u00bb: one of the few films that are both intellectual and popular"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spielberg, known for the sharks, aliens and dinosaurs he has featured in his films, has he ever done better than his 1971 TV movie? <\/strong>Duel<\/em><\/strong>, his second <\/strong>long<\/strong> me<\/strong>trage<\/strong>, is a classic in the eyes of the general public. Yet it has all the hallmarks of conceptual cinema. How can we understand its magic? Dive into one of the greatest films of all time, still very much in vogue today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

A unique film. Duel<\/em>, is the car journey of salesman David Mann (Dennis Weaver<\/a>), who finds himself the target of a truck chasing him for who knows what reason. With almost no dialogue, Spielberg's second feature demonstrates the power of cinematic tools to keep audiences on the edge of their seats: the camera revolving around the car, shot changes, the actor's facial expressions, sound effects, not forgetting of course the oppressive music of another -berg, another mountain, Billy Goldenberg, which alternates with moments of great silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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