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[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.
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