Le Salaire de la peur

“The Wages of Fear from Henri-Georges Clouzot. A masterclass into screenwriting and how to express storytelling through pure images. It’s really one of my favorite films from Henri-Georges Clouzot.”

“So, Wages of Fear is really a favorite of mine. It’s a film where the characters and the atmosphere are really powerful. And they later remade the film. William Friedkin remade the film into Sorcerer, which is also really good. It made me think of something that he said when I was talking to him about it. He said, “The greatest location is the human face,” which, I have to say, I couldn’t argue with that.”

“The Wages of Fear, a great slow burn where the movie takes its time introducing you to its characters, setting up the environment, setting up the dynamics, so that when the action hits, it is very affecting and frightening and upsetting. Yeah, this is a masterpiece.”

“Wages of Fear, what can you say? One of, you know, not only the cinema of France, Yves Montand, some of the most tense nerve-wracking scenes I've ever seen, but really captures the post-war existentialist... It's an existentialist epic adventure.”

“The Wages of Fear.”

“Wages of Fear this is going in my bag this is one of the most uncomfortable tense films which is what I love I love films that make me feel would make other people feel uncomfortable.”

“This is a wonderful film. I was turned onto this by another filmmaker who wanted me to see it as inspiration for a film I made with him, The Wages of Fear. This film is about men in desperate, desperate situations who will do anything for money, anything to survive, and they go on the darkest, most dangerous journey and it's just brilliant. It's moving and incredibly, shamefully I don't know any of these other films but this one is brilliant.”