"Duel" was the movie that put Steven Spielberg on the map. The DVD edition was released in 2004, with this roughly 36-minute featurette. Instead of an audio commentary, we get this, although I wish there was a commentary that lasted the length of the movie itself (90 minutes).
In this feature, Spielberg explains the way Duel was filmed, and how much time was given to work on it. He also explains his interest in horror and thriller movies, along with works by Alfred Hitchcock and Dennis Weaver's performances in "Touch of Evil".
He tells his opinion very well, and also how he re-used characters and other things from Duel in his later works, "Jaws" (the shark making the dinosaur roar when dying, the same sound used when the truck on Duel falls off the cliff), "Close Encounters of a Third Kind" (the old couple in the car reappear in the helicopter scene), and "1941" (the Snake-A-Rama Lady appears at the gas station).
All-in-all, it's for anyone who loved the film "Duel", and it's quite interesting. A 10 out of 10.
In this feature, Spielberg explains the way Duel was filmed, and how much time was given to work on it. He also explains his interest in horror and thriller movies, along with works by Alfred Hitchcock and Dennis Weaver's performances in "Touch of Evil".
He tells his opinion very well, and also how he re-used characters and other things from Duel in his later works, "Jaws" (the shark making the dinosaur roar when dying, the same sound used when the truck on Duel falls off the cliff), "Close Encounters of a Third Kind" (the old couple in the car reappear in the helicopter scene), and "1941" (the Snake-A-Rama Lady appears at the gas station).
All-in-all, it's for anyone who loved the film "Duel", and it's quite interesting. A 10 out of 10.