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I finally got to see the Maysles' brothers "Salesman" and boy, it was great. Starched shirts, chainsmoking, crisp black and white photography. I could totally see Mamet watching this before writing Glengarry Glen Ross or even imagine Harry Dean Stanton playing one of these guys.

Do you like Salesman?

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 23 January 2006 18:12 (twenty years ago)

it's a classic for sure

― TRG (TRG), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 01:19 (twenty years ago)

I got this for Christmas, and I loved it! It was depressing and genius...

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Saturday, 4 February 2006 05:45 (twenty years ago)

I would love to own a copy.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Saturday, 4 February 2006 16:18 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

One of my favorites. The look & feel also influenced Resevoir Dogs. Has anyone seen the other Maysle Bros films, like Grey Gardens & Gimme Shelter?

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Monday, 27 March 2006 18:28 (twenty years ago)

Salesman is great.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 March 2006 19:03 (twenty years ago)

is this not on dvd? sounds amazing but not available from netflix.

― tcm, Monday, 27 March 2006 20:55 (twenty years ago)

it's on Criterion, maybe OOP

― Big Willy and the Twins (miloaukerman), Monday, 27 March 2006 21:36 (twenty years ago)

no, it's still in print. not sure why netflix doesn't have it; you could try requesting it (although that's certainly never worked for me).

― andrew s (andrew s), Saturday, 1 April 2006 00:48 (twenty years ago)

three years pass...

what a great movie. pretty depressing combination of super aggressive sales politics and the loneliest, most self defeating kind of capitalist individualism. Even the people they're selling to seem to pity them!

― Dominique, Saturday, 6 March 2010 03:24 (sixteen years ago)

four years pass...

Rescreened last week and it seems like this film is more relevant than ever.

― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:03 (eleven years ago)

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