Death of a Salesman (1985) 7.2
An aging traveling salesman recognizes the emptiness of his life and tries to fix it. Director:Volker Schlöndorff |
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Death of a Salesman (1985) 7.2
An aging traveling salesman recognizes the emptiness of his life and tries to fix it. Director:Volker Schlöndorff |
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| Dustin Hoffman | ... | ||
| Kate Reid | ... | ||
| John Malkovich | ... | ||
| Stephen Lang | ... | ||
| Charles Durning | ... |
Charley
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| Louis Zorich | ... |
Ben
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David S. Chandler | ... |
Bernard
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| Jon Polito | ... |
Howard
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| Kathryn Rossetter | ... |
Woman from Boston
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Tom Signorelli | ... |
Stanley
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| Linda Kozlowski | ... | ||
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Karen Needle | ... |
Letta
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Anne McIntosh | ... |
Jenny
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Michael Quinlan | ... |
Waiter
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Salesman Willy Loman is in a crisis. He's about to lose his job, he can't pay his bills, and his sons Biff and Happy don't respect him and can't seem to live up to their potential. He wonders what went wrong and how he can make things up to his family. Written by Eric Sorensen
On the age of sixty and something years, the salesman Willy Loman (Dustin Hoffman) realizes that he is a loser and his empty life was a worthless fraud. The disturbed and deranged Willy becomes delusional, mixing fantasy and reality, and disclosing secrets of his family.
"Death of the Salesman" is a very depressive and tragic theatrical movie with awesome performances, mainly of Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid and John Malkovitch. I have never read Arthur Miller's novel or seen the movie or the play; therefore I did not expect such a sad story with so complex characters. The story, in the 40's, shows the evil face of the capitalism (and the American Dream), and the character of Dustin Hoffman becomes insane when he sees that he is a loser and his life a complete failure: he is paying the last installment of his old house after thirty years of sacrifice; his sons have not been successful in life; his old car is broken; his old refrigerator needs repair; he does not have any money after more than thirty years working for the same company and in the end he is treated like a street dog and fired. For a viewer that does not know this drama (like me), I recommend to see this movie in a happy day, otherwise he or she may become too much depressed with such heart-breaking story. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Morte do Caixeiro-Viajante" ("Death of the Salesman")