Duel
Duel is one of Spileberg's earliest efforts on film (I'm not sure, but this one could've been made for television); And the result in this film not only hints at the greatness that is to follow, but stands by itself as a genuinely scary film... I mean this in the sense that if you ever drive and your behind a similar truck to the one in Duel, the movie is always at the back of your head - just like Jaws kept millions of people concerned about Sharks at their local beaches. This is yet another film that relies almost solely on film action to keep its story going, and it is a very interesting film to see how he stages the action. I think in this film, you'll see how the enemy is a silent, almost evil force - methodically going about its business (it's as if evil is devoid of any rationality - it just carries out its work). Curiously, this is a feature of some fine horror films. This is repeated in Jaws and in the first 25 minutes of Saving Private Ryan.
80/100