Duel helped launch Steven Spielberg and obviously it's a classic. I'm not sure there's quite enough material in here for a book. It covers the incident that led to Matheson's story, the scripting, hiring Spielberg, the making of the film. Problem is, because it was a Universal telemovie everything was very well run, it was all quite smooth. There was no drama like say Jaws.
Maybe this book should've expanded to explore all of Spielberg's telemovie work. It's a solid book, mind, the writer has done a good job, I'm just not sure the subject matter sustains.
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