Garage Scene.
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beatlenut8 — 9 years ago(July 23, 2016 03:13 PM)
When Mann pulls into the garage early on and the guy tells him he could do with a new radiator hose etc. As he is sitting in his car waiting for the attendant and looking out his front windscreen at the truck driver, the attendant squirts water on the glass. Does anyone else find this relaxing to the brain? Knowing the tenseness of the movie I do. It's a little unexpected but pleasant to me. Maybe I'm weird.
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Dinodak — 9 years ago(January 20, 2017 08:28 PM)
Yeah, I get what you're saying. I think it's just the fact of human interaction - a safe pause amidst the terror. Plus, especially viewing it today, it's a down home, warming portrayal of a what used to be standard protocol at a service station. The pump man would top you off and check under the hood. Classic Americana, and I think that resonates with people.
It's genius in execution - just enough of a sigh of relief before the rig lumbers into the same station, the attendant oblivious to the truck's intentions.