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DVD

Salesman

Movie

3800yen
(4180yen Tax incl. in Japan)
Points You Earn 3% (114p)
Release Date October 27, 2023
Availability Release Postponed
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Product Details

Catalog No.KKDS-996
JAN/ISBN 4523215274500
Product Type DVD
TV Standard NTSC
Number of Discs 1
Region 2
SubtitlesNone

Description

[Machine Translation] A salesman comes to this town with a Bible... A cheap motel, a smoky diner, the living room of a failing middle-class family... A milestone in American documentary filmmaking that vividly captures the malaise of the mid-century era! --The United States at the end of the 1960s. Paul Brennan (a.k.a. Badger) and his friends are salesmen for the Mid-America Bible Company, a company that sells a gorgeous, gilded edition of the Bible. Today, they continue to sell Bibles for God and the company. They go on door-to-door sales trips to target the distressed masses introduced to them by their churches. They "sell" to lonely widows, immigrants, families in dire straits, and many others. They "sell" to a variety of customers: lonely widows, immigrants, families in dire straits, etc. Jokes and banter, cajoling and coaxing. Cheap motels, smoky diners, suburban living rooms.... The film follows four salesmen as they travel from snowy Boston to humid Florida, vividly depicting the dreams and disillusionments of America. The standard-bearers of direct cinema, the Mazles brothers' masterpiece has finally landed in Japan! Albert and David Maisels, the brothers who led the "direct cinema" documentary movement, have left their mark on film history with numerous masterpieces such as "Grey Gardens" and "Rolling Stones in Gimme Shelter". Albert worked as a cinematographer on Jean-Luc Godard's omnibus film "Paris and Other Places". Godard called him "America's best cameraman. This film, a masterpiece of the Maysles brothers, revolutionized the world of nonfiction with its unique style of observation. More than half a century after its production, this groundbreaking documentary, the deepest insight into American values and consumerism in film history, is finally coming to Japan! Includes a postcard with original overseas visuals.
Special Feature / Bonus Track: trailer(s)
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Description in Japanese

セールスマン / 洋画

セールスマンがやってくる 聖書を携え、この街に セールスマンがやってくる 安モーテル、煙たい食堂、落ちぶれかけの中流階級たちの家の居間・・・ ミッドセンチュリーの倦怠感を鮮やかに映したアメリカン・ドキュメンタリーの金字塔! ――1960年代終わりのアメリカ。ポール・ブレナン (通称アナグマ)とその仲間たちは、金色に輝く豪華版「聖書」を売るミッドアメリカン・バイブル・カンパニーのセールスマンだ。神と会社のため、今日も聖書を売り歩く。教会から紹介された悩める大衆をターゲットに訪問販売の旅へと繰り出す。孤独な未亡人、移民、生活が逼迫している家族など、彼らは、さまざまな客に「売り込み」をする。ジョークを交えたおしゃべり、おだてたり強くでたりの駆け引き。安モーテル、煙いダイナー、郊外のリビング・・・。雪深いボストンから湿度の高いフロリダまで旅をする4人のセールスマンの姿を追い、アメリカの夢と幻滅を鮮烈に描きだす。ダイレクトシネマの旗手──メイズルス兄弟のマスターピースがついに日本上陸! ドキュメンタリー映画の潮流"ダイレクトシネマ"を牽引した兄弟アルバート&デヴィッド・メイズルスは、『グレイ・ガーデンズ』『ローリング・ストーンズ・イン・ギミー・シェルター』など数多くの名作を残し、映画史にその名を刻んだ。アルバートは撮影監督としてオムニバス映画『パリところどころ』のジャン=リュック・ゴダール監督篇に参加。ゴダールは彼を「アメリカ最高のカメラマン」と評した。そんなメイズルス兄弟の代表作である本作は、独自の観察スタイルでノンフィクションの世界に革命を起こした。アメリカの価値観に深く根ざした消費主義について映画史上最も深く洞察した画期的なドキュメンタリーが、製作から半世紀以上の時を経て、ついに日本にやってくる! 海外オリジナルビジュアルのポストカード封入。
映像特典: 予告編

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