Steven Spielberg on How to Build Suspense in ‘Disclosure Day’ | Anatomy of a Scene

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In the 1971 thriller “Duel,” a made-for-TV movie that became Steven Spielberg’s feature-length debut, the director had an early go at building an intricately suspenseful sequence. He has been showing audiences how suspense is done in the 55 years since. “Duel” involved a menacing trucker who was none too happy with the driver of a red car. In one tense moment, the truck begins to push the car into a moving freight train. Spielberg’s latest film, “Disclosure Day” (in theaters), is a layered sci-