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06/24/06
Salesman (1968)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:9
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.9/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: Directors Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin are probably best known for their documentary of the Rolling Stones at Altamont in the shattering GIMME SHELTER. But in 1968, they produced... [More]
Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
Reviews for Salesman
1 - 11 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticAt the risk of sounding like a salesman myself, if you get a chance to see this documentary, you should jump at it.
06/12/08
This up close look at the anxious Bible salesmen trying to close the deal has become a cult classic documentary.
01/20/07
Functions as both a tribute to their work ethic and a condemnation of the system that considers such a profession a healthy route to the American dream.
03/28/06
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06/11/05
No review available.
05/06/05
May not sound like the most scintillating of subjects, but the Maysles brothers have made quite a riveting, multi-layered film about it.
03/05/05
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05/20/03
Top Criticrepresents a remarkably disturbing visual document of a lifestyle that may well be gone forever while exposing the underbelly of capitalism that remains live and well
10/13/02
It hasn't dated much at all, which is both disturbing and enlightening.
03/05/02
a stark, indelible cinematic portrait of the trials and tribulations of the door-to-door salesman, a profession that is virtually extinct today
09/04/01
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