Post by account_disabled on Dec 11, 2023 21:45:14 GMT -6
Duel is a 1971 short story written by Richard Matheson and contained in the collection The best short stories. The story was first published in Playboy magazine. Of the nine stories in Fanucci's anthology, I only liked five. Duel is undoubtedly the best. It's set on the street, the long, endless American roads where anything is possible. The story manages to grab the reader. It is not a horror or science fiction story. Horror is more human.
Duel became a television film (later also for the cinema), written by Matheson himself, directed by Steven Spielberg, also in 1971, and starring Dennis Weaver. Duel Phone Number Data from the story to the film was a successful operation. In my case I saw the film first - as almost always happens to me - and then I read the story, but I had the same emotions. I think the transposition was painless, perhaps it's that type of story in which there is very little to adapt. I don't remember any substantial differences between the two works. The story is linear, a sort of fight between a truck driver and a motorist. The actor got into his role very well. I didn't remember who he was, but reading the story the image of the protagonist is really that of Dennis Weaver.
The story and the film, therefore, seem to proceed together: as if they had been conceived at the same time. It must be said, in defense of this perfect film adaptation, that the film was written by the same author as the story. Here's the key to not having surprises when you read a good book and then see the film. Duel is a story of action but also of psychological terror. From Matheson's words the reader identifies with the fear that slowly arises in the protagonist starting from misunderstanding and anger and then transforms into pure terror. So read Duel and also see the film, because they deserve both. Who among you has read the story? And who has seen the film?
Duel became a television film (later also for the cinema), written by Matheson himself, directed by Steven Spielberg, also in 1971, and starring Dennis Weaver. Duel Phone Number Data from the story to the film was a successful operation. In my case I saw the film first - as almost always happens to me - and then I read the story, but I had the same emotions. I think the transposition was painless, perhaps it's that type of story in which there is very little to adapt. I don't remember any substantial differences between the two works. The story is linear, a sort of fight between a truck driver and a motorist. The actor got into his role very well. I didn't remember who he was, but reading the story the image of the protagonist is really that of Dennis Weaver.
The story and the film, therefore, seem to proceed together: as if they had been conceived at the same time. It must be said, in defense of this perfect film adaptation, that the film was written by the same author as the story. Here's the key to not having surprises when you read a good book and then see the film. Duel is a story of action but also of psychological terror. From Matheson's words the reader identifies with the fear that slowly arises in the protagonist starting from misunderstanding and anger and then transforms into pure terror. So read Duel and also see the film, because they deserve both. Who among you has read the story? And who has seen the film?