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- 1969
- G
- The Criterion Channel
- 1 h 31 m
- 1969
- G
- The Criterion Channel
- 1 h 31 m
Summary Four relentless door-to-door salesmen deal with constant rejection, homesickness and inevitable burnout as they go across the country selling very expensive bibles to low-income Catholic families.
Directed By: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
- 1969
- G
- The Criterion Channel
- 1 h 31 m
- 1969
- G
- The Criterion Channel
- 1 h 31 m
Salesman
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Summary Four relentless door-to-door salesmen deal with constant rejection, homesickness and inevitable burnout as they go across the country selling very expensive bibles to low-income Catholic families.
Directed By: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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92% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
80
92% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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An uncompromising documentary which simply lays its subject bare and dares us not be moved by the raw humanity on display.
More than 30 years removed from its theatrical release, Salesman looks less like the story of four traveling salesmen than the story of America itself.
Beautifully edited by Charlotte Zwerin, this film is required viewing for anyone concerned with documentary.
A subtler and less bombastic companion piece to Arthur Miller's most famous play, Salesman is an exemplar of nonfictional material shaped and illuminated by sophisticated filmmakers who have absorbed the devices of fictional storytelling.
If you want a genuinely Millerian cinematic experience, the best way to go is to get hold of Salesman, a 1968 documentary made by Albert and David Maysles, along with Charlotte Zwerin.
You'll never see a more depressing tale than Salesman. Glengarry Glen Ross has nothing on this 1968 documentary about sad-sack door-to-door Bible salesmen by the Maysles brothers. [07 Sep 2001]
The film doesn't succeed even on its own dubious terms, the phony soliloquies of the salesmen while driving ostensibly alone being particularly disconcerting and unconvincing and ultimately unrevealing. [01 May 1969, p.48]
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Production Company
Maysles Films
Release Date Apr 17, 1969
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating G
Genres
Tagline Spread The Word
Awards
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
National Film Preservation Board, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
