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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of manipulation, religion.

It’s time for a new spin around the world of documentaries, and we’re starting things off with a certified gem that David brings from his “important film” days. In 1966, door-to-door sales were almost completely dead, but that didn’t stop Albert and David Maysles from centering their first-ever film on the subject. Their documentary was honed and crafted from 100 hours of footage and four men giving their best pitches for the Greatest Book Ever Written, and completely self-distributed. But the final result is one of the most incisive, thoughtful and honest portrayals of hustle committed to film, and a true breakthrough for documentary filmmaking. We discuss Salesman for our second ever Documentary series this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!

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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

Excerpt taken from the film Salesman, copyright 1968, 2001 Maysles Films Inc. All rights reserved.

Excerpt taken from the piece “Orson’s Theme” from the film F for Fake, written and composed by Michel Legrand. Copyright 1975 Les Films de L'Astrophore.