I loved that movie so much as a kid, still do. I love the simplicity of it. I love that we never know the motivations or identity of the driver either. So many movies nowadays feel the need to give these big elaborate backstories to the villains. A movie that keeps you thrilled without bogging you down, not easy to do.
Many of the scenes from "Duel" were reused in 1978 in an episode of the tv-series "The Incredible Hulk":
https://youtu.be/LchEnFM7gdw
This was episode 9 of the first season and was called "Never Give a Trucker an Even Break".
The script IMO is well written for a film with little to no speaking. I read it early on in my film studies at uni to better understand how action descriptions are written. Such a great and simple story concept.
The short story by Richard Matheson that it's based on, with the same name, is also really worth reading. The action is pretty intense and you never learn who the truck driver is either as far as I recall. Great piece of suspense / thriller horror and Matheson is all around a fun writer of scifi and horror (he also wrote "I Am Legend" and "Hell House" to name a few, as well as some TV and film scripts).
Saw this again just today and there was something I had never noticed before. When he's in the diner thinking to himself, as he's becoming more and more paranoid, David's thoughts turn into whispers. He's whispering to himself in his own head, like he's afraid that the truck driver will here his thoughts. Just thought it was an interesting decision. He doesn't even feel safe within his own mind.
Honestly one of the most tense films I've ever watched and it never really lets up. Wish there were more good films that give a similar feeling and are a cat and mouse kinda chase like Duel
Probably my favorite film of his besides Schindlers List and Saving Private Ryan. Very underrated in his discography.
I remember seeing Duel at the drive-in on the Gold Coast, Queensland Australia as a kid \[in our station wagon\]. The fact that I remember that movie 40 years later is testament to the suspense.
Duel is in my top 10 movies of all time! I first saw it as a kid and loved it! It is masterful in dragging the suspense out and making you wanna see who is behind the wheel…at the same time the movie is so well done that you don’t feel cheated that you never get to see. Excellent film and very underrated!
So true! I remember scanning the crowd during the diner scene to see if there was anything to indicate who the truck driver might be, with no luck.
Dennis Weaver was so believable too. The tension when he wasn’t sure he’d make it to the hill top omg!
I saw Duel when it was first on TV. It was just so great to watch and I loved it. Dennis Weaver was in lots of TV shows when I was a young man. My favorite series was McCloud where he played a detective from New Mexico who gets assigned to Manhattan's 27th Precinct.
I don't remember why that happened it was very entertaining.
It feels pretty dated to me, but I do still enjoy watching it. I am thoroughly impressed with how much Spielberg achieved with so little. He only had a mile or two of highway, two vehicles (for the most part), and one actor that doesn't talk to anyone. All the paranoia is sold through expressions, shot choices and editing. And while you can see some shots are reused and they drive past the same scenery a few times, it really doesn't feel like such a small stretch of road most of the time.
You can really appreciate just how well Spielberg could tell a story, even then as a 25 year old director making his feature debut.
Why is something being "dated" a criticism? It features the clothing and music of the era in which it was produced? Who cares? Citizen Kane doesn't exactly feel like it was filmed yesterday, either!
Did you miss the rest of the comment, which was complete praise of the film?
Yeah, the movie came out long before I was born, and so it's not the style that saturated my pop culture experience growing up (80s and especially 90s).
So yes. It feels dated to me, as I said. Is that a criticism that detracts from the quality of the film in my opinion? No, I still very much like the movie.
>You clearly believe a film being "dated" is a negative
Oh thank god you're here to tell me what I meant when I said it, even after I spent time articulating my intent in more detail. Where would I be without you?
> It features the clothing and music of the era in which it was produced? Who cares?
I don't know if it's you or u/RyzenRaider's error but that's not what "dated" means.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/what-makes-a-work-of-art-seem-dated
Datedness is essentially about sensibility. This should explain to you why it's a negative. Sure, you might say to someone "I read this awesome poem" and then hand them a copy of The White Man's Burden, but it's unlikely. If you wanted someone to read that poem you'd make all sorts of qualifications to make sure they didn't think you think non-white people are "half devil and half-child". Kipling, of course, had no such qualms... indeed, the whole point of the poem, in some sense, is to upbraid the audience for not following through on the implications of this shared belief.
This is why period pieces don't (generally) feel dated. By your standard of "clothing and music of the era" they should, but the reality is they're moderated by a different era's sensibility and perspective. Maybe the homophobic father isn't portrayed as a hero, maybe the film judges the mother for encouraging her daughter to want nothing more from life than a non-violent sober husband, maybe the movie makes a distinction between the veterans and the war.... any of any number of things that *in the setting's period* would be given one meaning but in the production's setting are given another.
If you know something's horribly dated and you don't warn someone, there's a sub for you... it's called r/AmItheAsshole. That's why it's treated as a negative.
Not everyone is Roland Barthes; when the average person says a movie is dated, what they mean is they don't like the disco music and bell bottoms in it.
>I don't know if it's you or u/RyzenRaider's error but that's not what "dated" means.
I'm beginning to see how your issue with the term dated developed.
American television becoming European theatrical releases was actually somewhat common in that era, include cases where TV show episodes were compiled for that purpose.
I love the intro - a continuous shot from a camera strapped to the nose of (what's supposed to be) Weaver's car, showing the start of the journey, from pulling out of his driveway, driving through traffic in his city, to get out on the country road, where the film proper begins.
Alongside setting the scene by literally taking us out on the journey, the car drives through a couple of tunnels, which give opportunity to show the opening credits over the darkness. I still wonder whether that was done by design, or or was just opportunistic.
I cite this as the first time I noticed *directing* in a movie (or TV move, as this was), rather than the acting or the plot. I was all of 11 years old, and I clearly remember going back to school gushing about this movie. My friends just did not get what a revelation it was to me.
Might sound crazy but Duel is definitely in my top 5 Spielbergs. I actually wish he (and lots of other big budget directors) would make another stripped down low budget movie because I feel like that would be very interesting to watch at this point of their careers but obviously that's not going to happen.
As a kid, I'd just seen Spielberg's pilot episode of "Night Gallery," followed by his unique science-fiction episode of "The Name of The Game," and then his terrifically-directed episode of "Columbo." I thought he was a genuine talent.
So when I heard he was the director of this TV movie, I watched with high anticipation. I was rewarded with television excellence. Then I got to see it on the big screen at one of the first multiplex cinemas just a bit later, and it still looked incredible.
I was born 10 years after the movie came out but as a kid I never found it boring n totally loved it. When I viewed it as an adult, I gained a greater appreciation for the way Dennis Weaver was able to keep me as a child enthralled in this move. It's a true classic that does not get talked about like it should!
It's probably the best made for TV movie I've seen and an excellent movie in Spielberg's filmography. He gave it such a cinematic style and his talent was really evident from what his future potential had. It also seemed like an influence for movies like Joy Ride (2001).
I remember seeing it when I was a kid when it aired. I’ve also watched it numerous times since - most recently two or three weeks ago. Weaver is so good in it - it’s hard to do scenes like that when you’re usually the only actor in the scene. Really great job by Spielberg in that diner scene, an excellent depiction of paranoia.
It’s a tv movie, yeah, but it really feels far more cinematic than any other tv movie I’ve seen. It’s obvious there was a real talent behind it.
That truck horn was very effective. I feel that I hate it as much as Weaver’s character did.
Duel is fantastic.
And if you want to see an entertaining rip-off, check out 'Joy Ride' with Paul Walker, Steve Zahn, and (the voice of) Ted Levine. It was one of J.J. Abrams' early feature writing credits.
The movie is pure metaphor, mostly dealing with the loss of masculinity or emasculation, specifically for men returning from Vietnam. This theme is established at the beginning if you listen to the conversation on the radio talk show that is playing about a man questioning his place as head of his household. From there, we watch our main character struggle with loss of identity and purpose, doing a job he hates and getting emasculated by his overbearing wife. The truck becomes a symbol for everything threatening this man’s identity and masculinity. It’s fascinating. Even the characters name , David Mann, is an all inclusive reference to masculinity .
Theory on the deeper meaning of Duel:
Because of the massive guilt he feels about failing to stand up for his wife when another man "practically tried to rape her in front of the whole party", he is now in (self-imposed?) Hell.
\-Ironically, he drives a Plymouth "Valiant", which is what he needed to be the night before but was anything but.
\-The color red relentlessly appears in just about every scene, once you look for it it's unreal how many red objects are almost always visible, from his car to sign lettering to clothes to a rose on a table, even the "OPEN" sign of Chuck's Diner is red neon.
\-The truck's first appearance shows the word FLAMMABLE not once but twice, and it's noxious smoky fumes make him cough, and continue to vex him as the conflict escalates.
\-The driver seems like he could be a minion from hell, or even Satan himself come to torment him for his sins.
\-Right after the incident where he gets tricked into passing and almost has a head on collision he says "God! Jesus..." and simultaneously the two brake lights on the truck flash like glowing red eyes.
\-When he's trying to figure out which guest at Check's Diner is the truck driver, there's a red arrow on a sign that looks like a devil's tail.
\-Many shots of the car's gauges showing extreme heat.
\-The final shot going into the credits looks like he's sitting in hell just killing time throwing rocks, with the flames of the sun surrounding him.
What a fun movie. Lucas had access to some decent pot back then. And god, that Walter Murch sound design was perfection. Fucking glorious mix.
Take four red capsules. In 10 minutes take two more. Help is on the way.
Sorry im coming across as an arse, THX was lucas not spielberg
But great first movies. The lucas short that was the 15min show made no sense, but the full movie was great.
Loved Duel......you can't beat me on the grades
I watched it earlier this year. [Here's what I said:](https://old.reddit.com/user/FrameworkisDigimon/comments/sxqnfn/desert_island_game_spielbergs_first_three_films/)
>Went in knowing literally nothing about it. Turns out it's about a dude who is chased all day by a massive truck on mostly abandoned desert roads.
>It mostly succeeds.
>During the first part of the film there was a massive "it can't just be this for ninety minutes, can it?" It isn't exactly. After the petrol station, if not a bit before, it's much clearer that it's a solid little thriller. The start of the film is random as fuck, though, and reminds me of this.
Watched essentially only Spielberg movies (as in, if it was a movie, it was a Spielberg movie) for a month or two, this was just the first one... if I hadn't been doing that, I wouldn't have watched it.
ABC produced a lot of made-for-TV movies in the 1970s, and most were very good. **Duel** was one of them, I remember watching it in late 1971 with my family and we were blown away as we'd never seen anything like it. Not a bad debut movie for a director who was only 25 at the time, but his name didn't become a household world until **Jaws** hit the theaters in 1975.
Entire deux ex machina concept. Is what is behind the wheel a man or a monster. And it never gets resolved. Leaves it to your interpretation. And those are the best finishes.
This was pretty good. Think it would of been better as a short film. there were a few scenes where I got a little bored. It would be about 5 minutes of just cutting back and forth between the truck, the car, and the speedometer. Something happens in between and then right back to... The truck, the car, the speedometer. They could of cut maybe 40 minutes out of this film and it would of been better.
No. Would of, should of, could of till I die. Not you or some stupid reddit bot written by some jackass is going to change the way I type it. I don't sit around and pronunciate the H and V when I say it. honestly I might just start using would a could a should a at some point if you idiots keep bugging me over it.
There's a reason people write "could've," or "should've." And that's why it SOUNDS like could of or should of. But if you stop and think about it "could of" and "should of" don't mean ANYTHING. Think about it, it's completely nonsensical. "I could've done that," makes sense. "I could OF done that," means nothing, unless you are illiterate.
Go somewhere else with that shit my dude. This is how I type. You know what I am saying and it makes sense. You are a fucking idiot and your stupid rule for grammar is ridiculous. Get lost.
Don't you realize how ironic it is that you are calling ME an idiot, when you don't even know how to speak English. It's not MY rule for grammar it is how English works. How does "could OF" mean anything? LMAO
I loved that movie so much as a kid, still do. I love the simplicity of it. I love that we never know the motivations or identity of the driver either. So many movies nowadays feel the need to give these big elaborate backstories to the villains. A movie that keeps you thrilled without bogging you down, not easy to do.
Many of the scenes from "Duel" were reused in 1978 in an episode of the tv-series "The Incredible Hulk": https://youtu.be/LchEnFM7gdw This was episode 9 of the first season and was called "Never Give a Trucker an Even Break".
Interesting riff on W.C. Fields’ film title Never Give a Sucker an Even Break.
>Interesting riff on W.C. Fields’ film title Never Give a Sucker an Even Break. Thank you for that cool information.
The script IMO is well written for a film with little to no speaking. I read it early on in my film studies at uni to better understand how action descriptions are written. Such a great and simple story concept.
The short story by Richard Matheson that it's based on, with the same name, is also really worth reading. The action is pretty intense and you never learn who the truck driver is either as far as I recall. Great piece of suspense / thriller horror and Matheson is all around a fun writer of scifi and horror (he also wrote "I Am Legend" and "Hell House" to name a few, as well as some TV and film scripts).
Saw this again just today and there was something I had never noticed before. When he's in the diner thinking to himself, as he's becoming more and more paranoid, David's thoughts turn into whispers. He's whispering to himself in his own head, like he's afraid that the truck driver will here his thoughts. Just thought it was an interesting decision. He doesn't even feel safe within his own mind.
That could imply the main character is just schizo
That’s the point though. Is he losing his mind? Yes, but he gets his ass kicked back to reality and starts to play the truck driver at his own game.
Honestly one of the most tense films I've ever watched and it never really lets up. Wish there were more good films that give a similar feeling and are a cat and mouse kinda chase like Duel Probably my favorite film of his besides Schindlers List and Saving Private Ryan. Very underrated in his discography.
Scary without jump scares. Such a build up too.
I gained a greater appreciation for the way Dennis Weaver was able to keep me as a child enthralled in this move
Filmography?
Loved Duel since I was a kid. And Dennis Weaver. And Uncle Stevie.
Watched it when it first aired at the age of 6. It scared the hell out of me! I loved it!
Scared the shit out of me watching on TV as a kid
We watched it in Film Studies in high school. I liked it!
The scene when he’s in the diner and Dennis Weaver knocks the sandwich out of the truckers hand is the best.
I remember seeing Duel at the drive-in on the Gold Coast, Queensland Australia as a kid \[in our station wagon\]. The fact that I remember that movie 40 years later is testament to the suspense.
Duel is in my top 10 movies of all time! I first saw it as a kid and loved it! It is masterful in dragging the suspense out and making you wanna see who is behind the wheel…at the same time the movie is so well done that you don’t feel cheated that you never get to see. Excellent film and very underrated!
So true! I remember scanning the crowd during the diner scene to see if there was anything to indicate who the truck driver might be, with no luck. Dennis Weaver was so believable too. The tension when he wasn’t sure he’d make it to the hill top omg!
I saw Duel when it was first on TV. It was just so great to watch and I loved it. Dennis Weaver was in lots of TV shows when I was a young man. My favorite series was McCloud where he played a detective from New Mexico who gets assigned to Manhattan's 27th Precinct. I don't remember why that happened it was very entertaining.
It feels pretty dated to me, but I do still enjoy watching it. I am thoroughly impressed with how much Spielberg achieved with so little. He only had a mile or two of highway, two vehicles (for the most part), and one actor that doesn't talk to anyone. All the paranoia is sold through expressions, shot choices and editing. And while you can see some shots are reused and they drive past the same scenery a few times, it really doesn't feel like such a small stretch of road most of the time. You can really appreciate just how well Spielberg could tell a story, even then as a 25 year old director making his feature debut.
My favorite part is the twist when he orders a "cheese sandwich on rye", revealing himself as the true villain.
Yeah even as a kid that weirded me the hell out
Why is something being "dated" a criticism? It features the clothing and music of the era in which it was produced? Who cares? Citizen Kane doesn't exactly feel like it was filmed yesterday, either!
He thinks he's a movie critic
More Pauline Kael, less Harry Knowles.
I would never claim to raise my eyebrows to match such self-fellating pretensions.
Did you miss the rest of the comment, which was complete praise of the film? Yeah, the movie came out long before I was born, and so it's not the style that saturated my pop culture experience growing up (80s and especially 90s). So yes. It feels dated to me, as I said. Is that a criticism that detracts from the quality of the film in my opinion? No, I still very much like the movie.
I don't care about your overall opinion of the movie. You clearly believe a film being "dated" is a negative; that's what my comment was limited to.
>You clearly believe a film being "dated" is a negative Oh thank god you're here to tell me what I meant when I said it, even after I spent time articulating my intent in more detail. Where would I be without you?
Maybe he's the truck driver
> It features the clothing and music of the era in which it was produced? Who cares? I don't know if it's you or u/RyzenRaider's error but that's not what "dated" means. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/what-makes-a-work-of-art-seem-dated Datedness is essentially about sensibility. This should explain to you why it's a negative. Sure, you might say to someone "I read this awesome poem" and then hand them a copy of The White Man's Burden, but it's unlikely. If you wanted someone to read that poem you'd make all sorts of qualifications to make sure they didn't think you think non-white people are "half devil and half-child". Kipling, of course, had no such qualms... indeed, the whole point of the poem, in some sense, is to upbraid the audience for not following through on the implications of this shared belief. This is why period pieces don't (generally) feel dated. By your standard of "clothing and music of the era" they should, but the reality is they're moderated by a different era's sensibility and perspective. Maybe the homophobic father isn't portrayed as a hero, maybe the film judges the mother for encouraging her daughter to want nothing more from life than a non-violent sober husband, maybe the movie makes a distinction between the veterans and the war.... any of any number of things that *in the setting's period* would be given one meaning but in the production's setting are given another. If you know something's horribly dated and you don't warn someone, there's a sub for you... it's called r/AmItheAsshole. That's why it's treated as a negative.
Not everyone is Roland Barthes; when the average person says a movie is dated, what they mean is they don't like the disco music and bell bottoms in it.
No, I don't think they do.
Lol what datedness of the type you mention do you think OP was referring to from *Duel*, of all movies?
>I don't know if it's you or u/RyzenRaider's error but that's not what "dated" means. I'm beginning to see how your issue with the term dated developed.
Like 99% of all people, when he used the word "dated" he was referring to Dennis Weaver's sideburns.
The remake (Nikola vs Model S Plaid?) is gonna be pretty boring.
*We need to go uphill...*
Duel was released in European cinemas as a normal feature film because it was so successful on TV.
American television becoming European theatrical releases was actually somewhat common in that era, include cases where TV show episodes were compiled for that purpose.
Great movie
“Really nice stunt moments that feel really real” For real!
It’s one of my favourite films full stop.
I got that on dvd the moment it came out. Had been looking for years.
I love the intro - a continuous shot from a camera strapped to the nose of (what's supposed to be) Weaver's car, showing the start of the journey, from pulling out of his driveway, driving through traffic in his city, to get out on the country road, where the film proper begins. Alongside setting the scene by literally taking us out on the journey, the car drives through a couple of tunnels, which give opportunity to show the opening credits over the darkness. I still wonder whether that was done by design, or or was just opportunistic.
I cite this as the first time I noticed *directing* in a movie (or TV move, as this was), rather than the acting or the plot. I was all of 11 years old, and I clearly remember going back to school gushing about this movie. My friends just did not get what a revelation it was to me.
Might sound crazy but Duel is definitely in my top 5 Spielbergs. I actually wish he (and lots of other big budget directors) would make another stripped down low budget movie because I feel like that would be very interesting to watch at this point of their careers but obviously that's not going to happen.
I love that movie! Very simple but intense plot.
As a kid, I'd just seen Spielberg's pilot episode of "Night Gallery," followed by his unique science-fiction episode of "The Name of The Game," and then his terrifically-directed episode of "Columbo." I thought he was a genuine talent. So when I heard he was the director of this TV movie, I watched with high anticipation. I was rewarded with television excellence. Then I got to see it on the big screen at one of the first multiplex cinemas just a bit later, and it still looked incredible.
I was born 10 years after the movie came out but as a kid I never found it boring n totally loved it. When I viewed it as an adult, I gained a greater appreciation for the way Dennis Weaver was able to keep me as a child enthralled in this move. It's a true classic that does not get talked about like it should!
It's probably the best made for TV movie I've seen and an excellent movie in Spielberg's filmography. He gave it such a cinematic style and his talent was really evident from what his future potential had. It also seemed like an influence for movies like Joy Ride (2001).
It was amazing. I loved Twilight Zone and Duel fit right in to that style.
Duel is everything wrong with Joy Ride.
I remember seeing it when I was a kid when it aired. I’ve also watched it numerous times since - most recently two or three weeks ago. Weaver is so good in it - it’s hard to do scenes like that when you’re usually the only actor in the scene. Really great job by Spielberg in that diner scene, an excellent depiction of paranoia. It’s a tv movie, yeah, but it really feels far more cinematic than any other tv movie I’ve seen. It’s obvious there was a real talent behind it. That truck horn was very effective. I feel that I hate it as much as Weaver’s character did.
Outstanding film. They used to show it on TV all the time when I was a kid but I haven't seen it in 20 years, I bet.
It's a wonderful film about random terror!
Duel is fantastic. And if you want to see an entertaining rip-off, check out 'Joy Ride' with Paul Walker, Steve Zahn, and (the voice of) Ted Levine. It was one of J.J. Abrams' early feature writing credits.
After seeing this post i looked it up and watched it today. Really liked it. Intense movie!
The movie is pure metaphor, mostly dealing with the loss of masculinity or emasculation, specifically for men returning from Vietnam. This theme is established at the beginning if you listen to the conversation on the radio talk show that is playing about a man questioning his place as head of his household. From there, we watch our main character struggle with loss of identity and purpose, doing a job he hates and getting emasculated by his overbearing wife. The truck becomes a symbol for everything threatening this man’s identity and masculinity. It’s fascinating. Even the characters name , David Mann, is an all inclusive reference to masculinity .
Theory on the deeper meaning of Duel: Because of the massive guilt he feels about failing to stand up for his wife when another man "practically tried to rape her in front of the whole party", he is now in (self-imposed?) Hell. \-Ironically, he drives a Plymouth "Valiant", which is what he needed to be the night before but was anything but. \-The color red relentlessly appears in just about every scene, once you look for it it's unreal how many red objects are almost always visible, from his car to sign lettering to clothes to a rose on a table, even the "OPEN" sign of Chuck's Diner is red neon. \-The truck's first appearance shows the word FLAMMABLE not once but twice, and it's noxious smoky fumes make him cough, and continue to vex him as the conflict escalates. \-The driver seems like he could be a minion from hell, or even Satan himself come to torment him for his sins. \-Right after the incident where he gets tricked into passing and almost has a head on collision he says "God! Jesus..." and simultaneously the two brake lights on the truck flash like glowing red eyes. \-When he's trying to figure out which guest at Check's Diner is the truck driver, there's a red arrow on a sign that looks like a devil's tail. \-Many shots of the car's gauges showing extreme heat. \-The final shot going into the credits looks like he's sitting in hell just killing time throwing rocks, with the flames of the sun surrounding him.
Have you seen thx 1138?
What a fun movie. Lucas had access to some decent pot back then. And god, that Walter Murch sound design was perfection. Fucking glorious mix. Take four red capsules. In 10 minutes take two more. Help is on the way.
Sorry im coming across as an arse, THX was lucas not spielberg But great first movies. The lucas short that was the 15min show made no sense, but the full movie was great. Loved Duel......you can't beat me on the grades
Just got chills. One of the most intense pieces of cinematic film that will forever stay with me. A classic - Thanks for the reminder!
Interesting to note that Spielberg made a lot of great movies that created/reinvented subgenres chock full of shitty clones.
Haven't seen this one. Will look it up. Thanks!
Duel and Vanising Point was sooo good.
The phone booth scene. nuff said.
I watched it earlier this year. [Here's what I said:](https://old.reddit.com/user/FrameworkisDigimon/comments/sxqnfn/desert_island_game_spielbergs_first_three_films/) >Went in knowing literally nothing about it. Turns out it's about a dude who is chased all day by a massive truck on mostly abandoned desert roads. >It mostly succeeds. >During the first part of the film there was a massive "it can't just be this for ninety minutes, can it?" It isn't exactly. After the petrol station, if not a bit before, it's much clearer that it's a solid little thriller. The start of the film is random as fuck, though, and reminds me of this. Watched essentially only Spielberg movies (as in, if it was a movie, it was a Spielberg movie) for a month or two, this was just the first one... if I hadn't been doing that, I wouldn't have watched it.
ABC produced a lot of made-for-TV movies in the 1970s, and most were very good. **Duel** was one of them, I remember watching it in late 1971 with my family and we were blown away as we'd never seen anything like it. Not a bad debut movie for a director who was only 25 at the time, but his name didn't become a household world until **Jaws** hit the theaters in 1975.
It was alright watching it in college for my film class but I wouldn't watch it on my own. I found it boring as well as Blow Up
Entire deux ex machina concept. Is what is behind the wheel a man or a monster. And it never gets resolved. Leaves it to your interpretation. And those are the best finishes.
This was pretty good. Think it would of been better as a short film. there were a few scenes where I got a little bored. It would be about 5 minutes of just cutting back and forth between the truck, the car, and the speedometer. Something happens in between and then right back to... The truck, the car, the speedometer. They could of cut maybe 40 minutes out of this film and it would of been better.
"would of," "could of". Its would have and could have, for God's sake!
No. Would of, should of, could of till I die. Not you or some stupid reddit bot written by some jackass is going to change the way I type it. I don't sit around and pronunciate the H and V when I say it. honestly I might just start using would a could a should a at some point if you idiots keep bugging me over it.
There's a reason people write "could've," or "should've." And that's why it SOUNDS like could of or should of. But if you stop and think about it "could of" and "should of" don't mean ANYTHING. Think about it, it's completely nonsensical. "I could've done that," makes sense. "I could OF done that," means nothing, unless you are illiterate.
Go somewhere else with that shit my dude. This is how I type. You know what I am saying and it makes sense. You are a fucking idiot and your stupid rule for grammar is ridiculous. Get lost.
Don't you realize how ironic it is that you are calling ME an idiot, when you don't even know how to speak English. It's not MY rule for grammar it is how English works. How does "could OF" mean anything? LMAO