THE
DEVIL ON WHEELS
AWARDED PROJECT
OF THE MONTH
ON
INDIEWIRE
The
Devil On Wheels, the feature documentary project about Steven Spielberg's Duel,
has just been awarded Project of the Month on the prestigious
independent film website Indiewire. The film is now a candidate for
the 2015 Indiewire Project of the Year award to be held later in the
year.
The
documentary will celebrate 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 film fans by generating an ongoing cult for more than
four decades.
The
Power of a Very Small Film
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.
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.
A
Crossroads for Duel Fans
The
documentary will be shot in the USA by a team 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
filmmakers have created a website, www.thedevilonwheelsmovie.com,
which for the first time gathers in one place all Duel related
information that can 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.
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