The Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la Peur) - Henri-Georges Clouzot
By Srikanth Srinivasan | July 13th, 2008 | Category: Cinema, French Cinema | No Comments »After his back to back successes with Le Salaire de la Peur (1953) and Les Diaboliques (1955), Henri Clouzot was considered a leading contender for the throne of “The Master of Suspense” and a force Hitchcock had to reckon with. Incidentally, Hitchcock himself was hot under the collar for having lost the filming rights of the above two films to Clouzot who had delivered them big time. Though not as prolific or consistent as Hitch, Clouzot is nevertheless placed in the same league as the former…
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