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Salesman (The Criterion Collection)(Blu-ray)(Region A)

Salesman (The Criterion Collection)(Blu-ray)(Region A)
 
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Salesman Blu-ray
Criterion | 1968 | 91 min | Not rated | Mar 10, 2020

Video
Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1

Audio
English: LPCM Mono

Subtitles
English SDH

Discs
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD-50)
UPC 715515241014


Salesman (1968)

Four relentless door-to-door salesmen deal with constant rejection, homesickness, and inevitable burnout as they go across the country selling very expensive bibles to low-income Catholic families.

Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin


Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION, undertaken by the Academy Film Archive, The Film Foundation, and the George Lucas Family Foundation, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 2001 featuring directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin
- Television interview from 1968 with directors David and Albert Maysles, conducted by critic Jack Kroll
- New appreciation of the film by actor Bill Hader,
- "Globesman," a 2016 episode of the television series Documentary Now! that parodies the film, starring Hader and Fred Armisen
- Audio excerpt from a 2000 episode of NPR's Weekend Edition profiling James Baker, one of the salesmen featured in the film
- Trailer
- PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Chaiken