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The Wages of Fear

Le Salaire de la peur

片长
152分钟Criterion 4K digital restoration 版本资料来源 ↓

The Wages of Fear builds suspense slowly because its long first act proves why four men would accept a near-suicidal drive; once the trucks move, every bump has a human cost.

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语言
French, Spanish, English, Italian, German
TenseBleak 非常适合入门 · 中等 Thriller
THE WAGES OF FEAR lettering on a timber crate below a mountain bridge and two cargo trucks, with Momo crouching to check a bridge plank.

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The Wages of Fear, Sorcerer, or the 2024 remake?

The Wages of Fear (1953), Sorcerer (1977), and The Wages of Fear (2024) are three separate films. All involve transporting explosives, but their characters and approaches differ. A restoration of Clouzot’s original is a presentation of the 1953 film; the later films tell the story afresh.

Which film are you choosing?
FilmThe story and its approach
1953 The Wages of Fear Henri-Georges Clouzot

Four men trapped in Las Piedras accept an oil company’s dangerous driving job. The long opening makes their need for money part of the suspense before the trucks leave town.

Criterion’s essay on the original
1977 Sorcerer William Friedkin

Four fugitives carry explosives through a jungle. Separate backstories introduce the men, and Tangerine Dream’s electronic score gives the journey a different atmosphere.

Criterion’s Sorcerer record
2024 The Wages of Fear Julien Leclercq

The Netflix remake turns the premise into a desert rescue mission with a 24-hour deadline. Franck Gastambide and Alban Lenoir play brothers drawn into the dangerous assignment.

Netflix’s guide to the remake

Friedkin described Sorcerer as another approach to Georges Arnaud’s novel, rather than a remake of Clouzot’s film. Start with the 1953 original, then watch Sorcerer to see how the same premise changes with different men and a different landscape. Neither makes the other redundant.

你将看到什么

The Wages of Fear earns its suspense before the engines start. Henri-Georges Clouzot first establishes a town where heat, poverty, boredom, and corporate power have trapped people without useful choices. The dangerous driving job therefore feels both voluntary and coerced. Once the trucks are moving, ordinary obstacles become terrifying exercises in weight, distance, and patience. Clouzot stretches time without losing clarity: a rough surface, a turn of the wheel, or a drop of liquid can reorganize the entire scene. The film remains gripping because physical danger and economic desperation are never separate problems.

如何轻松入门

The first section is long and intentionally abrasive. It explains why the drivers accept a task that no sensible person would take, so resist the temptation to skip ahead to the trucks. Once the journey begins, keep track of the two vehicles and the distance between them. The suspense often depends on what one crew knows that the other cannot yet see.

观影提醒

简要提示,并非详尽清单 Includes sustained explosive peril, fatal accidents, fire aftermath, violence, death, poverty, racist and colonial-era attitudes, and harsh treatment of women.
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The road is frightening because Clouzot keeps making danger practical. Someone must reverse, clear an obstacle, judge a distance, or decide whether to help. Courage never becomes clean or noble for long; it is another unstable load the men are trying to carry.

— Momo

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演职员与版本

演职员
演员
Yves Montand — Mario · Charles Vanel — Jo · Peter van Eyck — Bimba · Folco Lulli — Luigi
制片
Louis Wipf

版本概览

Criterion 4K digital restoration 152 min · restoration · US Criterion lists this restored presentation at 152 minutes. BFI lists its restored original French theatrical presentation at 153 minutes; the one-minute difference is treated as measurement or catalogue rounding, not proof of a different cut. 来源:The Criterion Collection 片长参考资料 · 核查日期:2026-08-02
BFI restored original French theatrical presentation 153 min · restoration · GB BFI lists 153 minutes alongside Criterion's 152-minute listing; the one-minute difference does not establish a separate cut. 来源:BFI Player 核查日期:2026-08-02
1955 U.S. shortened release theatrical cut · US Criterion documents cuts made for the 1955 U.S. release but does not state its runtime. 来源:The Criterion Collection 核查日期:2026-08-02

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