This is a wonderful film; understated, beautifully crafted and, as a result, extremely powerful.
Perhaps its striking quality is the way in which it even-handedly juxtaposes both the often ruthless patter of the men - directed usually at families who can ill-afford such a purchase - with the very human motives behind it. The sparkling charm of Paul Brennan at the beginning make his increasing desperation at failing to make a sell all the more poignant and painful to behold.
A great piece of social realism, a slice of American life in the 1960s, but more than that, a touching depiction of an element of the human condition.
Perhaps its striking quality is the way in which it even-handedly juxtaposes both the often ruthless patter of the men - directed usually at families who can ill-afford such a purchase - with the very human motives behind it. The sparkling charm of Paul Brennan at the beginning make his increasing desperation at failing to make a sell all the more poignant and painful to behold.
A great piece of social realism, a slice of American life in the 1960s, but more than that, a touching depiction of an element of the human condition.