{"id":82123,"date":"2022-03-13T14:24:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T21:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=82123"},"modified":"2022-03-14T19:30:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T02:30:35","slug":"wages-of-fear-the-1953","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=82123","title":{"rendered":"Wages of Fear, The \/  Salaire de la Peur, La (1953)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Who&#8217;d have thought there&#8217;d be so many candidates for suicide?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Poster-204x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-82124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Poster-204x300.png 204w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Poster-87x128.png 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Poster-183x270.png 183w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Poster.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen the foreman (Williams Tubbs) of an American oil company in a poverty-ridden South American town puts out a call for drivers to make a dangerous but lucrative trip across the mountains with nitroglycerine, four men &#8212; Corsican Mario (Yves Montand), Parisian ex-gangster Jo (Charles Vanel), German Bimba (Peter van Eyck), and fatally ill Luigi (Folco Lulli) &#8212; volunteer.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Henri-Georges Clouzot Films<\/li>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<li>Truckers<\/li>\n<li>Yves Montand Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary writes, this &#8220;unbearably suspenseful existential classic by writer-director Henri-Georges Clouzot, who adapted <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georges_Arnaud\">Georges Arnaud<\/a>&#8216;s novel&#8221; is about a &#8220;heart-stopping&#8221; trip in which the four protagonists &#8220;may be dead&#8221; at any moment. It features no less than &#8220;<em>three<\/em> unforgettable scenes&#8221; that &#8220;rate with the most thrilling sequences in cinema history&#8221;: &#8220;the trucks back onto rotting planks over a mountain ledge&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Truck-Backing-Up.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Truck-Backing-Up.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"670\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Truck-Backing-Up.png 890w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Truck-Backing-Up-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Truck-Backing-Up-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Truck-Backing-Up-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Truck-Backing-Up-359x270.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;Van Eyck uses nitro to blow up a boulder that blocks the road&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Nitroglycerine2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Nitroglycerine2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"891\" height=\"653\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Nitroglycerine2.png 891w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Nitroglycerine2-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Nitroglycerine2-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Nitroglycerine2-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Nitroglycerine2-368x270.png 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and &#8220;Montand drives his truck through a lake of spilled oil while Vanel swims in the black liquid, trying to get out of the way.&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Covered-in-Oil.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Covered-in-Oil.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"889\" height=\"669\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Covered-in-Oil.png 889w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Covered-in-Oil-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Covered-in-Oil-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Covered-in-Oil-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Covered-in-Oil-359x270.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 889px) 100vw, 889px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary notes that &#8220;Clouzot&#8217;s film is, in part, about how men are considered expendable,&#8221; with Clouzot openly attacking &#8220;corporations (the U.S. oil firm) which continually exploit individuals and let them risk their lives &#8212; especially non-union workers in Third World countries &#8212; so that the company profits.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Men-Sitting-Around.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Men-Sitting-Around.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"889\" height=\"666\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Men-Sitting-Around.png 889w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Men-Sitting-Around-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Men-Sitting-Around-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Men-Sitting-Around-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Men-Sitting-Around-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 889px) 100vw, 889px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He adds that Clouzot is &#8220;equally disappointed in men (such as our &#8216;heroes&#8217;) who are careless with their own lives&#8221; &#8212; but I take the opposite view; these men are far from &#8220;careless,&#8221; but instead simply feel they have no other options left. (The film was originally released in a truncated version which left out portions of the first establishing hour; this could help explain Peary&#8217;s stance.) <\/p>\n<p>Regardless, there is very little about this relentlessly bleak film that&#8217;s easy to take &#8212; from opening lines spouting blatantly racist and colorist notions, to the miserable treatment of &#8220;Vera Clouzot as the knocked-about barmaid who loves Montand&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Vera-Clouzot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Vera-Clouzot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"877\" height=\"672\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Vera-Clouzot.png 877w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Vera-Clouzot-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Vera-Clouzot-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Vera-Clouzot-768x588.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Vera-Clouzot-352x270.png 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; to every single moment of the drivers&#8217; harrowing journey. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Driving.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Driving.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"881\" height=\"665\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Driving.png 881w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Driving-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Driving-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Driving-768x580.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Driving-358x270.png 358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 881px) 100vw, 881px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, this is such a deeply uncomfortable and stressful film that I put off re-watching it for decades, and will admit it&#8217;s not one I plan to return to. However, it is most definitely must-see viewing at least once. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yves Montand as Mario<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Montand3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Montand3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"875\" height=\"660\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Montand3.png 875w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Montand3-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Montand3-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Montand3-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Montand3-358x270.png 358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Charles Vanel as Jo<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Vanel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Vanel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"882\" height=\"672\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Vanel.png 882w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Vanel-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Vanel-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Vanel-768x585.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Vanel-354x270.png 354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Armand Thirard&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Gun.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Gun.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"881\" height=\"667\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Gun.png 881w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Gun-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Gun-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Gun-768x581.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Gun-357x270.png 357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 881px) 100vw, 881px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Walk-Into-Fire.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Walk-Into-Fire.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"877\" height=\"671\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Walk-Into-Fire.png 877w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Walk-Into-Fire-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Walk-Into-Fire-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Walk-Into-Fire-768x588.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Wages-of-Fear-Walk-Into-Fire-353x270.png 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a knuckle-biting classic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1458\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0046268\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1776fear.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1955\/02\/17\/archives\/wages-of-fear-has-premiere-at-paris.html?auth=link-dismiss-google1tap\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/1545\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/style\/longterm\/movies\/videos\/thewagesoffearnrkempley_a0a282.htm\">Washington Post Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/943-the-wages-of-fear\">Criterion Essay by Peary <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/392-the-wages-of-fear-i-no-exit\">Criterion Essay by Dennis Lehane<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/94952\/wages-of-fear#articles-reviews?articleId=64095\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Who&#8217;d have thought there&#8217;d be so many candidates for suicide?&#8221; Synopsis: When the foreman (Williams Tubbs) of an American oil company in a poverty-ridden South American town puts out a call for drivers to make a dangerous but lucrative trip across the mountains with nitroglycerine, four men &#8212; Corsican Mario (Yves Montand), Parisian ex-gangster Jo (Charles Vanel), German Bimba (Peter van Eyck), and fatally ill Luigi (Folco Lulli) &#8212; volunteer. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: French Films Henri-Georges Clouzot Films&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=82123\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82123"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82159,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82123\/revisions\/82159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}