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Salesman
J.M. Tyree
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Description for Salesman
Paperback. Released in 1968, the Maysles' Salesman is widely acknowledged as a landmark in documentary film. In his compelling and detailed study, J.M. Tyree discusses the film's various technical and artistic innovations, tracing their theoretical roots and enduring influence. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 104 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFA; APFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 143 x 8. Weight in Grams: 192.
Selected by the Library of Congress as one of the most significant American films ever made, Salesman (1966–9) is a landmark in non-fiction cinema, equivalent in its impact and influence to Truman Capote's 'non-fiction novel'
In Cold Blood.
The film follows a team of travelling Bible salesmen on the road in Massachusetts, Chicago, and Florida, where the American dream of self-reliant entrepreneurship goes badly wrong for protagonist Paul Brennan. Long acknowledged as a high-water mark of the 'direct cinema' movement, this ruefully comic and quietly devastating film was the first masterpiece of Albert Maysles, David Maysles and ... Read more
Selected by the Library of Congress as one of the most significant American films ever made, Salesman (1966–9) is a landmark in non-fiction cinema, equivalent in its impact and influence to Truman Capote's 'non-fiction novel'
In Cold Blood.
The film follows a team of travelling Bible salesmen on the road in Massachusetts, Chicago, and Florida, where the American dream of self-reliant entrepreneurship goes badly wrong for protagonist Paul Brennan. Long acknowledged as a high-water mark of the 'direct cinema' movement, this ruefully comic and quietly devastating film was the first masterpiece of Albert Maysles, David Maysles and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
BFI Film Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844573875
SKU
V9781844573875
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About J.M. Tyree
J.M. TYREE is a Writer-at-Large for Film Quarterly and the co-author (with Ben Walters) of the BFI Film Classic on The Big Lebowski. He has taught at Stanford University, spoken at the BFI's National Film Theatre, and contributed to Sight & Sound magazine.
Reviews for Salesman
J.M.Tyree's monograph on Salesman for the B.F.I. [is currently on my nightstand]. I usually have one or two of these on the night stand - I can read one, usually, in a day, and then I go back and rewatch the movie. Salesman is one of my favorite documentaries of all time, so it's cool to get Tyree's perspective on ... Read more