by Tdarcos » Wed Jul 15, 2020 3:35 am
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2020 6:50 pm
Tdarcos wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2020 5:25 pm
an otherwise unknown director who only had done one film, with Dennis Weaver as the person trying to escape a relentless killer, and an 18 wheeler as the shark.
Hey! Only eight lines!
Good points, does the book mention any of this?
That my post was only eight lines? i don't think so.
As for mentioning the other movie or its details, I doubt it.
The Jaws Log is a book about the making of a movie, not with Spielberg's chops as a director.
I only happened to catch the connection when I was writing the previous post. Duel is about one man's attempt (Dennis Weaver) to defeat an inexorable killer (an 18 wheeler). Jaws was one man's attempt (Roy Schneider) to defeat an inexorable killer (the shark).
Dennis Weaver's problem is with a tractor-trailer rig (an '18 wheeler") trying to kill him if it can. Roy Schneider's problem is with a shark trying to kill him if it can. Weaver isn't fighting the driver, in fact, we never see the driver.
Duel is a pure example of
deus ex machina. He's fighting a killing machine, a thing that can move faster, he can't attack hand-to-hand, has no emotions, and without tools, he has no hope. All of these apply to
Jaws.
Let's not forget the climax of both, the defeat of the antagonist in both is exactly the same, a spectacular explosion where the antagonist is utterly destroyed (I have seen both movies.)
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an otherwise unknown director who only had done one film, with Dennis Weaver as the person trying to escape a relentless killer, and an 18 wheeler as the shark.
Hey! Only eight lines!
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Good points, does the book mention any of this?[/quote]
That my post was only eight lines? i don't think so.
As for mentioning the other movie or its details, I doubt it. [i]The Jaws Log[/i] is a book about the making of a movie, not with Spielberg's chops as a director.
I only happened to catch the connection when I was writing the previous post. Duel is about one man's attempt (Dennis Weaver) to defeat an inexorable killer (an 18 wheeler). Jaws was one man's attempt (Roy Schneider) to defeat an inexorable killer (the shark).
Dennis Weaver's problem is with a tractor-trailer rig (an '18 wheeler") trying to kill him if it can. Roy Schneider's problem is with a shark trying to kill him if it can. Weaver isn't fighting the driver, in fact, we never see the driver. [i]Duel[/i] is a pure example of [i]deus ex machina[/i]. He's fighting a killing machine, a thing that can move faster, he can't attack hand-to-hand, has no emotions, and without tools, he has no hope. All of these apply to [i]Jaws[/i].
Let's not forget the climax of both, the defeat of the antagonist in both is exactly the same, a spectacular explosion where the antagonist is utterly destroyed (I have seen both movies.)