THE
DEVIL ON WHEELS
A
new documentary about Steven Spielberg's cult film Duel
will
celebrate its making and influence
through
the eyes of fans
16th
February 2015
London,
United Kingdom
A
feature-length documentary, THE DEVIL ON WHEELS will celebrate in 2015 the
making and the cult surrounding Duel, the first well known film created by
Steven Spielberg. A small shot-for-TV film, Duel has astonished many by
generating an ongoing cult for more than four decades amongst film fans.
In
Duel, a Movie-Of-The-Week shot in 1971, a terrifying truck, whose driver we
never see, for no apparent reason chases a lone driver along the desert roads
of Southern California. Such was its success that the film was
extended and distributed as a film worldwide.
The
Power of a Very Small Film
Duel
fans from all over the world regularly visit the film locations in the desert
next to Los Angeles. They go to see the surviving truck in North
Carolina. Film experts discuss its meanings. Would-be filmmakers analyse
the way it was made. Steven Spielberg’s first known work has become a top
cinematic reference, an iconic piece of filmmaking and its influence is still
fresh to this day. Director Alfonso Cuaron revealed he used Duel as a reference
when he made “Gravity”.
Why
a tiny film, made cheaply and quickly for TV, has generated such a passionate,
international and undying cult, is the question the documentary wants to
answer. THE DEVIL ON WHEELS will find out what makes Duel so unique, looking
deeply into the Duel's phenomenon and in doing so, it will explore the power
and fascination that films have on people.
An
International Crew
The
documentary will be shot in the USA by a team of five international Duel lovers
who will travel the country exploring the Duel phenomenon: interviewing the
surviving members of the crew, reconstructing the way the movie was made,
and meeting other fans and experts to discuss the ongoing appreciation of
the film.
The
Devil on Wheels Productions will run a crowd funding campaign to allow
fans to participate in the making of the documentary. The campaign will be on
Kickstarter fromWednesday 4th March and will run for 30 days on an
all-or-nothing basis. Duel has not only generated a cult amongst film fans, but
amongst truck lovers too, for whom the protagonist Peterbilt 281 has become an
icon.
A
Crossroads for Duel Fans
The
filmmakers have created a website, www.thedevilonwheelsmovie.com,
which for the first time gathers in one place all Duel related information to
be found on the internet. The Facebook page www.facebook.com/thedevilonwheels will
serve as a meeting point for the fans. An actual gathering with Duel fans is
planned in one of the locations during the shooting of the documentary.
Director
Enric Folch, a multi-award winning TV director in Spain, returns to documentary
making after the excellent international reception of Chining Me, an ironical
view on pre-Olympic China. His most successful TV film Tempus Fugit will soon
have a theatrical remake through an international coproduction.
The
title of the documentary, The Devil on Wheels, is the straight translation of
the Spanish title of Duel, and it's been chosen as an homage to the
worldwide recognition of the film.
For
more information about the documentary and the crowd fundingcampaign, please visit
the website www.thedevilonwheelsmovie.com
and
the Facebook page www.facebook.com/thedevilonwheels.
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