Country: USA
Year: 1997
Duration: 87'
The Bible and Gun Club explores the theme of the traveling salesman as a symptom of an ailing America. But unlike Death of Sales man and Glenngarry Glenn Rose, the film doesn't analyze the American dream via its implicit liberal ideology; rather it attacks to myths which it might seem bizarre to associate: the Bible (virtue) and guns (violence). Using cinéma- verité style, this first, low budget film begins with a telling scene: Stan tries to entice an old woman to buy a set of collector-edition Bibles, while Phil, across the room, tries to convince her husband to pick up a few firearms. The film eschews classical narration and uses documentary techniques. It takes place during a week-end in a hotel, where the salesmen vegetate in their rooms, duping the new American proletariat, and fighting with their competitors. Each is more cynical and more sadistic than the other.
Biography
film director
Daniel J. Harris
Daniel J. Harris was born in South Africa and graduated from Capetown's "Michaelis School of Fine Arts". 0n arriving in Los Angeles, he collaborated on directing several animated films, including The Simpsons. He is currently preparing Squad Cars, his second feature, which tells the lives of two sheriffs in Los Angeles. He is also working on The Bomber, which traces the lives of former heavy-weight champions.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Bible and Gun Club (1997).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, sceneggiatura, produttore: Daniel J. Harris.
Director of photography: Alex VendIer.
Art director: Dominique Blaskovich.
Costume designer: Dominique Blaskovich, Pamela Randolph.
Editor: Christopher Hink.
Music: Shawn Patterson.
Sound: Riccardo Concalves.
Cast and characters: Andy Kallok (Stan), Don Yanan (Phil), Al Schuermann (Bill), Julian Ott (Mike), Robert Blumenthal (Sidney).
Director of Production: Ariel Perets, Pierre Sevigny.
Production company: Big in Vegas Pictures, 408 1/2 North Spaulding, Los Angeles, California 90036, USA, tel./fax +1213- 6588330.
Foreign sales agent: Umagumma Entertainment, 530 Seventh Avenue, 28th Floor, New York, New York 10018, USA, tel. +1-212-2605135, fax +1-212-9446239.
Director of photography: Alex VendIer.
Art director: Dominique Blaskovich.
Costume designer: Dominique Blaskovich, Pamela Randolph.
Editor: Christopher Hink.
Music: Shawn Patterson.
Sound: Riccardo Concalves.
Cast and characters: Andy Kallok (Stan), Don Yanan (Phil), Al Schuermann (Bill), Julian Ott (Mike), Robert Blumenthal (Sidney).
Director of Production: Ariel Perets, Pierre Sevigny.
Production company: Big in Vegas Pictures, 408 1/2 North Spaulding, Los Angeles, California 90036, USA, tel./fax +1213- 6588330.
Foreign sales agent: Umagumma Entertainment, 530 Seventh Avenue, 28th Floor, New York, New York 10018, USA, tel. +1-212-2605135, fax +1-212-9446239.