Maysles Cinema
343 Lenox Ave
212.582.6050
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Salesman
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Thursday Sep 25, 2008 (7:30pm)
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- Price
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$7
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For many, a reference to the Maysles brothers conjures visions of inimitable fashions and two stir-crazy dames. But beyond the loony splendor of Grey Gardens, the duo's documentaries study their subjects — from Marlon Brando to the Beatles — with an every-mask-must-go focus. Salesman, the Maysles' foray into the bailiwicks of Bible hawkers, may be their finest, most truthful 90 minutes. Vérité camerawork tracks, among others, Paul "the Badger" Brennan, a middle-aged door-to-door salesman who attempts to spread the written Word ("still the best-seller in the world"). A born raconteur, Brennan parlays personal charm into revenue, but not without adding a Millerian scuff to the phrase "in their shoes."
