Salesman (1969)

The main jobs people had in the 60s were bible salesman, MK Ultra participant, and Rat Pack member

brendan o'hare

Hard to watch at times because of how closely it skims the surfaces of human desperation and self-loathing.  Maybe the best use of a Beatles song in any film.

FeinDream

Criterion Collection Spine #122 "The Bible runs as little as $49.95, and we have three plans on it. Cash, C.O.D., and also they have a little Catholic Honor Plan." Tag along for the fast-talking awkwardness of the door to door bible selling business, in the Maysles…

Justin Peterson

“Wished I were a rich man”Consumerism meets Christianity; it doesn’t get much more American than that. Salesman is a radical piece of documentary filmmaking from Albert and David Maysles. Shot direct-cinema style, the film follows four Bible salesmen as they traverse from…

Jerry

TFW you're too poor to take no for an answer but the other person is too poor to say yes

Flabby Peru

The stare of the Maysles brothers camera is a time machine into the living, breathing past. Their films are haunting reminders of a bygone era.

Colin the dude

Capturing a sense of hopelessness, this film follows 4 salesman across the country trying to sell bibles. I find them extremely distasteful, but nonetheless charming. It’s a window into working class 60s life that’s both unique and depressing. I love the way the…

Ethan Colburn

There’s something so American about a Bible salesman trying to strong arm poor people into buying Catholic encyclopedias ADIEU 8

PopcornIdeology

fine ill keep my door shut next time anyone knocks

meyi