<![CDATA[Perhaps it was an early autonomous vehicle]]>Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Duel

ewaf58 — 9 years ago(October 30, 2016 01:08 AM)

There's lots of theories about this film - did the lorry represent the devil? Perhaps it didn't really exist and was just a symbol of all his fears chasing him (his disintegrating marriage - work problems). Or perhaps it was man's first encounter with an autonomous truck that had been programmed by some errant NASA / MIT employee.
It's great film - I first saw it around 1973 as part of a double bill (the other film was Pete 'n' Tilly - perhaps a strange choice but then again like Pete 'n' Tilly Duel could be seen as another dysfunctional relationship).
Made before Steven became the king of sugar.

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The actual driver could have been in David Mann's imagination and he tried to 'normalize' the situtaion.

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Or perhaps it was man's first encounter with an autonomous truck that had been programmed by some errant NASA / MIT employee.
Which just happened to have a built in android arm and hand to wave at drivers to let them know to pass his slow moving rig?
Please Stop Drinking Your "Koolaid".

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