Hello HodWatt,
this is a good point - and I think crazyaxton was right, too.
I think instead of just leaving the viewers guessing "so, WHY did he (the truck driver) do this?!" - it might have been better to insert some sort of 1) either a "flashback" the truck driver had, which might explain why he went mad; or 2) something like an aftermath - when Mann talks to the police, later on, and it turns out that he wasn't the truck driver's first "target"; that they had been after that psycho for some time before, and maybe there was an explanation; e.g. "yes, that guy had been a truck driver for years; just a normal guy, but then one day there was a car accident where his kid and his wife got killed; he witnessed the terrible scene but they never got hold of the other person who got away with it - and that's when he went mad! Since then he has been "hunting" just for this type of car which you, Sir, have the misfortune to drive, too... Some three years' time we were on his tracks, half a dozen people got killed; but now, Sir, it's over..."
Anyway, it's a great movie, even without any explanations given ;-)
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Andreas (123all4me)
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Catbookss (13664)
6 years ago
I agree HodWatt and Crazyaxton got it right.
For me, it's far more powerful not knowing any of the things you mentioned. I wouldn't want a flashback or any explanation of why the truck driver became a sociopathic (attempted) murderer. It didn't matter to me why, only that, and we already know that.
I loved never seeing the driver, so the truck and the driver melded into one, and more. To the point where the truck itself almost became a sentient being, without a driver.
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123all4me (186)
6 years ago
Hello Catbookss,
very pleased to read your post - thank you! After 3 month's time, I already thought nobody might respond at all (MC seems to be a much less "busier" place than the old imdb boards had been).
As to the movie - I watched it one more time, recently; and now I also think you're right. It was really better to leave some things unsolved...
Should you find the time to take a look into my other posts - there are some other (more or less) silly questions of mine which have been left unanswered / unsolved, so far ;-)
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Andreas (123all4me)
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