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FilmPG-131953
The Wages of Fear
Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey. From TMDB
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The Wages of Fear is a 1953 drama thriller adventure film, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Yves Montand, Charles Vanel and Peter van Eyck.
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60 of 194 · most liked firstI finally watched THE WAGES OF FEAR ('53) and it was very good. Been wanting to see it since film school and I'm glad it wasn't a disappointment.
positive · AI labelView post →Now through next Thursday at Film Forum, in a new 4K restoration, one of THE great suspense films of all time and a landmark in French cinema: THE WAGES OF FEAR (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953). Every movie lover should see this one. filmforum.org/film/the-wag...
neutral · AI labelView post →For the 70th anniversary of its US release, on @letterboxd.social I wrote about Henri-Georges Clouzot’s THE WAGES OF FEAR: Its legacy on thrillers and its political and queer-coded tensions.
neutral · AI labelView post →William Friedkin’s remake of THE WAGES OF FEAR stars Roy Scheider as a mobster in exile who gets a shot at freedom – if he can transport volatile explosives through the rainforest. See the 4K restoration of SORCERER in our series Big & Loud. Get tickets: paristheaternyc.com/film/sorcere...
neutral · AI labelView post →Books to film 📚=🎞️ The Wages of Fear (1950) by Georges Arnaud was adapted (1977) as Sorcerer by William Friedkin. One of the major differences is the book spends time developing the background of players while the film uses short vignettes. Both delve into inescapable fate. 🚚💸😨 #filmsky #booksky
neutral · AI labelView post →Posters rarely capture the tone and experience of watching a film as well as this - for Janus Films' current US re-release of THE WAGES OF FEAR (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953). I wonder who the artist is?
neutral · AI labelView post →watching The Wages of Fear and this film is from 1953...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Wages of Fear (1954) - about as close to perfect as a film can be boxd.it/6MjRiF
positive · AI labelView post →#ACenturyOfCinema continues, 1977. Another huge blind spot: William Friedkin's SORCERER, based on The Wages of Fear. Four lost souls have no choice but to take on the deadly job transporting cases of sweaty dynamite 200 miles through dense jungle. Great score by Tangerine Dream & that bridge scene!
neutral · AI labelView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #262 As a general rule I don't think remakes are necessary unless they aim to try a different approach to its predecessor. William Friedkin's adaptation of The Wages of Fear does this & more! #4K #BluRay #PhysicalMedia
neutral · AI labelView post →4/15/53: Henri-Georges Clouzot's The Wages of Fear w/Yves Montand, Charles Vanel Won grand prizes at Cannes, Berlin - but left-leaning film heavily edited for US release More: @joshuarothkopf.bsky.social: www.timeout.com/movies/the-w... Ebert: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie years project Year 1953 (38/122) Now Watching 📽️ #2/12 The Wages of Fear dir. Henri Georges-Clouzot
neutral · AI labelView post →Catching up on some of my recent Criterion purchases from the Flash sale. Wrote a bit longer over on @letterboxd.social about both Lone Star and The Wages of Fear, two movies I saw for the first time this week that I absolutely adored. letterboxd.com/SamVecenie/
positive · AI labelView post →Sorcerer (1977) directed by William Friedkin. Either that or its precursor--and an excellent film in its own right--The Wages of Fear (1953). I don't think the latter has that bridge in it though. Its obstacles and landscape are a bit more planar.
neutral · AI labelView post →"Wherever there's oil, there's Americans." Quote from one of the characters in the 1953 anti-capitalist and thriller French film by Henri-Georges Clouzot, The Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la peur).
neutral · AI labelView post →Yeah, it doesn’t mean they’re worthless, but like this is clearly a key element running through the work. “The Wages of Fear” is another one. Film school classic but like they’re clearly comparing a “civilized” vs “savage” dimension and using race as a motif to do so.
neutral · AI labelView post →4/15/53: Henri-Georges Clouzot's The Wages of Fear, w/Yves Montand, Charles Vanel Won grand prizes at Cannes, Berlin - but left-leaning film heavily edited for US release More: @joshuarothkopf.bsky.social: www.timeout.com/movies/the-w... Hoberman: www.laphamsquarterly.org/fear/every-p...
neutral · AI labelView post →ALIENS is not a horror film. It's basically "The Wages of Fear" in space. It's great suspense and it uses all the same beats of Clouzot's great film about people who are desperately trying to escape from a horrible situation and not all of them do.
neutral · AI labelView post →I just watched Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1953 movie “The Wages of Fear”. It’s a story of four men who are hired to drive two trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over extremely dangerous South American roads. This extraordinary film contains sequences of almost unbearable tension and existential dread.
positive · AI labelView post →movies! 1. Stalker 2. Repo Man 3. Paris, Texas 4. Pickpocket ('59) 5. Dead Ringers 6. Spoorloos 7. Jeanne Dielman 8. Suspiria ('77) 9. Rebels of the Neon God 10. An Elephant Sitting Still 11. The Wages of Fear 12. Aguirre, the Wrath of God 13. Le Bonheur ('65) 14. American Movie 15. The Celebration
neutral · AI labelView post →AWWWWW DANG Next is The Wages of Fear. I completely *adore* that movie, but I may have to pass because: 1) I just watched Sorcerer not too long ago 2) it's a heavy film, and you have to be in the right frame of mind for it, and I'm feeling goofy and silly, so no So... hmmm... I'll find something!
positive · AI labelView post →The Wages Of Fear (1953) is so great, like perilously close to a perfect film, but my favorite thing in it is this road sign. https://boxd.it/4Il7qF
positive · AI labelView post →I'll say this: I have the OG movie, The Wages of Fear, and the remake Sorcerer as 5-star deallymabobs over on Letterboxd. Both are very, very good. I'd put The Wages of Fear juuuuuust slightly over Sorcerer for being more emotionally engaging. But the action direction of Sorcerer? INSANE. *Wow.*
positive · AI labelView post →The Wages of Fear is returning to cinemas with a new 4K restoration. Trailer and details here bit.ly/3Z4YH7U #TheWagesofFear #film #4K #rerelease
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowPlaying Sorcerer - Tangerine Dream (MCA, 1977) TDs first soundtrack recording, made for the William Friedkin film 'Sorcerer' (a remake of 'The Wages of Fear') & the last studio LP to feature Peter Baumann. According to wiki there were 5 singles released from it! #tangerinedream #kosmische
neutral · AI labelView post →> Atomize* some propelant, boom, explosive. The trick is to get the atomized propelant to "boom, explosive" at the target and not in your backpack. Also, you probably want a "boom" sufficient to accomplish whatever demolition you're planning, which - again - raises the stakes regarding what's in your backpack. There's a classic little film called "[The Wages of Fear](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wages_of_Fear)" that explores the hazards of amateurs transporting high explosives over long…
neutral · AI labelView post →Andor, Skeleton Crew, Mando S1, and Rogue One all show that the Star Wars setting works really well when you lean into genre, so lean into it. Do a film noir thriller But Star Wars. Found footage horror But Star Wars. The Wages of Fear But Star Wars. Make a Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes biopic.
neutral · AI labelView post →Goon Show 6.25: The Fear of Wages. Not heard this one before, but I knew the title, I'd seen it on tapes when I was a kid. At the time I'd never heard of Henri-Georges Clouzot's classic film The Wages of Fear, so didn't make the connection. #GoonForARun www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
neutral · AI labelView post →I recently watched The Wages of Fear (1953) and Sorcerer (1977). Both are adaptations of 1950 the novel The Wages of Fear by Georges Arnaud, about desperate men transporting nitroglycerin in trucks over treacherous terrain. To a great extent, they are the same movie... except they really aren't.
neutral · AI labelView post →Five favorite black & white movies Man with a Movie Camera The Wages of Fear Ikiru Tetsuo the Iron Man The Lighthouse Smartass answer: Mad Max Fury Road Black and Chrome Edition
neutral · AI labelView post →Ethan Hawke is a great actor because he never condescends to the material. Whether he's in a vampire movie or a time travel movie or a Depression-era take on THE WAGES OF FEAR, he commits 100%. This looks really good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ypu...
neutral · AI labelView post →went to see The Wages of Fear at the cinematheque this afternoon. hadn’t seen it in about a decade. i remembered it being pretty gay, but it was so much gayer! incredibly gay movie. the best.
positive · AI labelView post →It's great, really gripping. It's based on a book called 'The Wages of Fear' and a film of the same name The Wages of Fear (1953) Super tense. www.imdb.com/title/tt0046...
neutral · AI labelView post →Choose 20 movies that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just images. Movie 13 #Filmsky 💙🍿 #Movies The Wages of Fear (1953)
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched it for the first time this year due to all the hype on bluesky, and I’m like “oh, why didn’t anyone tell me this was a remake of The Wages of Fear?!” It was really great - I don’t think Roy Scheider ever made a bad film but I could be wrong. Roy Scheider sweating is pinnacle perspiration
neutral · AI labelView post →... investigator's mannerisms inspiring Columbo's. Countless references to LES DIABOLIQUES as Hitchcockian are accurate, but the film isn't derivative. It's simply one of the best French thrillers, with a perfect cast, ever made. It reminded me that I still need to see Clouzot's THE WAGES OF FEAR.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching Sirāt, Sorcerer, and The Wages of Fear all the same week cos that’s how I roll.
neutral · AI labelView post →it may be THE truck movie! (it's based on a French film called The Wages of Fear, also great.)
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s first-time viewing: THE WAGES OF FEAR. (Good movie.)
positive · AI labelView post →Four desperate men. One suicide mission. A cargo of pure nitroglycerin. 💥 Day 4 of Bleak Week brings Henri-Georges Clouzot’s The Wages of Fear to the big screen, co-presented by @amcinematheque.bsky.social Experience the ultimate cinematic tension tonight: www.plazaatlanta.com/movie/bleak-...
neutral · AI labelView post →MOTHER TRUCKIN’ MAY: THE WAGES OF FEAR (1953) Vito Nusret on how Henri-Georges Clouzot’s film is a true classic of cinema and the classiest pinnacle of truxploitation. www.neonsplatter.com/daily-beasts... #MotherTruckinMay
neutral · AI labelView post →Mini film festival: • THE WAGES OF FEAR • THIEVES’ HIGHWAY • HELL DRIVERS • SORCERER
neutral · AI labelView post →Post-weekend #LasFourWatched update. Ballerina is as good as any of the John Wick movies and perfectly sets up a new protagonist to follow in that universe. The Wages of Fear is a masterpiece, but the ending of the movie seems to happen because it’s expected in French cinema. #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Hehehe .... you want stress? See if you can find an old movie called Sorcerer. 1977 movie with Roy Scheider. It is a remake of an older Italian movie called the Wages of Fear. Both are excises in extremes of stress. Once the movie gets going you will not use most of your seat.
neutral · AI labelView post →On May 19, 2007, the restored version of The Wages of Fear was screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
neutral · AI labelView post →Snuck in a first time watch of The Wages of Fear (1953). Amazing movie, I think I liked Sorcerer better but the margins were tight. I saw that ending coming and still couldn’t believe they went for it📽️ #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →📽️ Missed the magic of "The Wages of Fear"? 😃 BFI's restoration in 4K UHD + Dolby Vision HDR breathes life back into this cinematic gem! Relive the tension and thrill in unmatched clarity. It's showtime for film lovers! #PhysicalMedia #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →What’s your favourite black-and-white movie? The Wages of Fear (1953). Just superb.
positive · AI labelView post →Watched The Wages of Fear Apparently this is a remake to the movie of the same name way back at 1953. And is another example to stick with that original film instead. Despite the interesting premise, it quickly bores you through the runtime with flat characters, writing and pacing.
neutral · AI labelView post →Forgive the quick tangent: if you haven't seen The Wages of Fear, the movie Sorcerer is a remake of, it's absolutely worth your time.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched The Wages Of Fear yesterday. What an outstanding movie. Netflix plan to remake it BUT YOU COULDNT! The Euro sensibility makes it special! Yves Montand is so great! youtu.be/2_0OrSG5RWA?...
positive · AI labelView post →What's a movie in your Top 25 list that's unlikely to be in anyone else's? #Filmsky 🎥 The Wages of Fear (1953)
positive · AI labelView post →The Howling, The Wages of Fear and something that is not technically a movie? More like a two part limited anime series I guess. It’s called Goku Midnight Eye
neutral · AI labelView post →Check out the original French film The Wages of Fear (1953) too.
neutral · AI labelView post →the problem with a 5 star system is that i would rank superman lower than weapons for sure, but not that much lower, and Sorcerer is probably "objectively" a 5 star film but because of my expectations having just watched The Wages of Fear i didn't enjoy it as much as that one. If anything i enjoyed
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day (25th July) in 1984, the Scala Cinema was showing Quai des Orfèvres, Les Diaboliques and The Wages of Fear as a triple bill.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watch it. Don’t need to know anything I’d say. Some people would know it is remake/homage to French film “The Wages of Fear” (also a masterpiece of sweaty, desperate men)
neutral · AI labelView post →Choose one film from each of your 100 favorite directors. Name of the film and director, along with a still. 98/100 Film: The Wages of Fear (1953) Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge
neutral · AI labelView post →Favorite first viewings of March 2025: All We Imagine as Light Altered States Black Bag Black Box Diaries The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie Drylongso Funny Games Mother Secretary Snowpiercer Stranger by the Lake The Wages of Fear The Witches (1990) Working Girls
neutral · AI labelView post →Well. The Wages of Fear. That was simply an incredibly heart stopping film. And it was fantastic. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 1/2
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