“Duel” was the ultimate liberal-pajama-boy flick.
Wicked, mean, and nasty tanker truck, no doubt driven by a murderous red neck, chases meek, mild-mannered, hen-pecked man across a vaguely threatening rural landscape.
A pajama-boy nightmare made into a movie.
Probably Spielberg cut off a tanker in traffic one day so the tanker driver gave him a little scare in return. “Duel” is Spielberg’s wish-fulfillment movie.