JoeWras
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I love "Duel." Weaver's whining, sniveling hysteria is just brilliant. And technically, I still don't understand how Spielberg filmed the telephone booth scene without putting Weaver in danger.Yes, two thumbs up for "Duel." I saw it about 30 years ago on cable, and just about a month ago I was surfing around I found it and caught the gas station, snake pit tourist trap, telephone booth scene (people who have seen Duel will know.) And yes, the quality of the print is outstanding.
My first daily driver was a slant six Plymouth Valiant, which is the car in "Duel." I noticed that most of the police cars in "Sugarland Express" were Plymouth Fury's. I wonder if young Spielberg was a fan of Mopar vehicles?
As for Mopar... I will postulate that Steven's experience of muscling his way into the studio as an ad hoc genius intern and becoming a "I'll do anything" guy, he became quite familiar with production too, including product placement. Frankly, some of the blatant product placement in his following movies is very irritating. He over-used the concept.
Great, now I want some "Reeses Pieces" since I even thought about it, maybe wash it down with a Coke.
For some reason I'm getting the itch to watch "National Lampoon's Vacation" again. It's been years since I've seen it. I don't think I've seen "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles," but have a feeling I'd enjoy it.
If you can stand some ads, Pluto TV is playing it live tonight, and is available On Demand right now for free. PlutoTV almost always runs the uncensored versions of movies. The movie is rated R for possibly the best use of multiple F-words in cinematic history, and pretty much only for that 3 minute scene. The PG version still has the scene, but with words that fail to have the same comedic impact.