“Sirat” repeatedly undergoes something closer to transubstantiation, becoming an unholy (in the best way, because remember, God is callous) amalgam of “Mad Max,” “The Wages of Fear ...

Pablo Picasso knew the score when he gained admission to a screening of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s The Wages of Fear in 1953. His outfit was made of corduroy, and he had a sheepskin jacket on top ...

In 1953, Georges Arnaud’s The Wages of Fear was brought to the big screen by director Henri-Georges Clouzot who turned it into arguably one of the greatest action thrillers ever made.