I first learned of the Maysles brothers thru Gimme Shelter. I found Salesman to be deeply depressing - which appears to be the stark reality of events.
Thank you so much for uploading this. Its hard to believe this is at the beginning of their career. They have a great dynamic of disagreement, yet still similar ideas. Barbara Kopple worked for them on this film too. Harlan County USA is also a raw slice of American life.
Absolutely fascinating. Yes, Kroll seems a bit antagonistic--he seems more interested in letting the viewer know how he feels about the brothers' endeavor--but their responses are still illumination. Thank you for the upload.
This is wonderful. Thanks. Does the interviewer bother me only because he keeps interrupting or because he comes across as such an antagonistic or is he really clever by asking questions that an average viewer might have.
I was never fond of the film when I saw it first as it just made me feel both bored at the humdrum nature of their work and of course I had my own resentments towards door to door salesmen of any kind. However I do find the interview enlightening in terms of how they viewed the making of the film and their own personal observations of what they were filming. Occasionally the interviewer is a little too keen to interrupt and tar them with either his own prejudices or those that he has read elsewhere but that's what he's there for. The least I can say of this film is that judging by this interview, I'd almost have the feeling that Americans didn't like what was staring back at them in the mirror.
I struggled to connect with the first 30 minutes of the film. Then it grabbed me good. So much so that when it ended I immediately restarted it and watched it a second time. Paul Brennan is such a fascinating character in the end. You can sense his frustrations with selling bibles is more symbolic of his general frustration with life.
I first learned of the Maysles brothers thru Gimme Shelter. I found Salesman to be deeply depressing - which appears to be the stark reality of events.
Thank you for this upload!
Many thanks for uploading this. The Maysles brothers and their team added much to the American culture, in ways we are still learning.
"What you're saying is that every conman is a poet"
Everything about this interview is great
Thank you so much for uploading this. Its hard to believe this is at the beginning of their career. They have a great dynamic of disagreement, yet still similar ideas. Barbara Kopple worked for them on this film too. Harlan County USA is also a raw slice of American life.
Absolutely fascinating. Yes, Kroll seems a bit antagonistic--he seems more interested in letting the viewer know how he feels about the brothers' endeavor--but their responses are still illumination. Thank you for the upload.
This is wonderful. Thanks. Does the interviewer bother me only because he keeps interrupting or because he comes across as such an antagonistic or is he really clever by asking questions that an average viewer might have.
I'm not fond of the interviewer either but at least the discussion about the media itself is worthwhile
I think he's envious of the Maysles brothers' success.
I was never fond of the film when I saw it first as it just made me feel both bored at the humdrum nature of their work and of course I had my own resentments towards door to door salesmen of any kind. However I do find the interview enlightening in terms of how they viewed the making of the film and their own personal observations of what they were filming. Occasionally the interviewer is a little too keen to interrupt and tar them with either his own prejudices or those that he has read elsewhere but that's what he's there for. The least I can say of this film is that judging by this interview, I'd almost have the feeling that Americans didn't like what was staring back at them in the mirror.
I struggled to connect with the first 30 minutes of the film. Then it grabbed me good. So much so that when it ended I immediately restarted it and watched it a second time. Paul Brennan is such a fascinating character in the end. You can sense his frustrations with selling bibles is more symbolic of his general frustration with life.
The interviewer talks too much