Salesman

Following the cordial if bleak opening, in which we met bible salesman Paul "The Badger" Brennan and company, producer-directors David and Albert Maysles offer what amounts to a violent transition to the sales meeting, run by boss Kennie Turner, early in the the cinema verite tour de force Salesman, 1969.

The mesmerizing opening, from producer-directors David and Albert Maysles, with their real-life protagonists Paul Brennan, Charles McDevitt et al, at work selling bibles in Massachusetts, in the landmark cinema verite documentary Salesman, 1969.