Road movie tonight?
Here is our pick of seven best road movies, one for each day of the week, to get you through this week of lockdown, the ones that we have enjoyed watching tremendously over the years…
29/03/2020
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MUMBAI
Sure, you miss your car and can’t wait to get behind the wheel to start driving on open roads again. That is something that most of us want to do as well. However, in these testing times of lockdowns, while most of us are cooped up at home, we bring you some of the finest road movies ever made. So, put that La-Z-boy to some good use, sit back and enjoy being on the road, only vicariously, this time instead. 1. Duel: Based on a short story by Richard Matheson which appeared in Playboy, Duel, is Steven Spielberg’s feature full length directorial debut that will have you hooked from the very first scene. Duel was initially aired as a Television film, but it soon saw an international theatrical release and that’s how it has so many fans worldwide. The film is basically a truck vs car movie, where an HMV (Heavy Motor Vehicle) takes on an LMV (Light Motor Vehicle) on the road. The story revolves around a sales executive, David Mann, en route to meet a client. The plot unfolds as Mann who is driving his Plymouth Valiant through the Mojave desert, earns the wrath of a truck driver driving a Peterbilt 281, whom he merely overtakes
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