Salesman

The documentary Salesman depicts the true life experiences of four hard-pushing bibles salesmen traveling around a small income of mostly low income Catholic families, attempting to sell them intricately pictured and rather expensive bibles. The film focuses on one specific salesman: Paul Brennan, an Irish-American Catholic who seems to have the least optimistic outlook on the job out of his three colleagues. Near the end, he begins to show even some mildly concerning signs; he jokes on aspects of the job that none of the other men find humorous, and his outlook on being a salesman appears to change drastically. I didn't care for the film much when we first watched it,  I just sat back and didn't pay much attention to it. However, the second day we watched it, I finally started to like the film. I found the style of filming: cinema verite, to be very unique and entertaining. It really does tell a story on it's own, and lets you (the viewer) make interpretations about the film, and you never actually know what's going to happen next. The film made me think about what kind of a future I'm setting myself up for, not only as a student, but as an individual. It really seems to be that your job, whether your the CEO of a big banking investment, or the janitor that cleans the office of the CEO, it's what you make of it that really shines through and impacts your life.