A Look Inside Glengarry Glen Ross
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This video looks at the 1992 film Glengarry Glen Ross and how it was adapted from a broadway play to a feature film.
If the presentation of this video looks different it's because I put in a background photo in the hopes that it wouldn't be noticed by copyright head hunters. Lets see if it works (It didn't). And sorry for the lack of output this summer, I'll try to be more consistent this fall.
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One of my favorite movies. Seen it more times than I can count. A while back I watched it two times in a row.
One thing that interested me about Glengarry Glen Ross is how subtle the exposition is. Would you even call it exposition? You're just kind of thrown into the middle of things, and have to figure out what's going on based on conversations and context. Anyway, I like the critique on modern society: the employers screw over the employees. The employees screw over each other, but they may have a chance if they team up. But even if they work together, their success comes at the expense of their customers. Even so, what are they supposed to do? You gotta eat. They're in a situation where survival means betraying others. I think the stakes are highest for Shelly, because of his daughter. I mean, I wouldn't say he's likable, but... You feel sorry for him. You do get the impression that the business he used to thrive in has changed, and he couldn't keep up, and it's sad. Actually... is it just modern society that has these problems, or has it always been that way? Is it even just a problem of society?
To your queries, I direct you to “The Death of a Salesman”.
@@jerrymammoser9857 Oh, yeah, great work! Not so sure if it answers those questions but it certainly asks them, lol.
@@jerrymammoser9857 During the making of the film, they jokingly called it "Death Of A Fucking Salesman" because of all the cursing.
The film is lean, wastes no time, is delivered in a straight-forward manner that retains the feel of a stage play, especially with the staging and set design. Arguably one of the best 90 minute films in terms of pacing and editing. The actors intrinsicly understand Mamet's intended delivery style, they are all consumate professionals. It really all comes together in this movie.
One of the top 25 movies of all time. IMO. Great acting. Great screenplay/stage play. Mamet is a damn genius.
One of my all time favorite films. If you’ve ever been a salesperson you can relate to so many scenes
"In order to be a good salesman you have to be a good actor." And in order to be a good actor you have to be a good salesman.
This was one of my favorite plays that made its way to the big screen. All of the performances were first rate, particularly with Al Pacino dominating the first half of the film and Jack Lemmon in the second half of the film.
this movie is epic...
The idea of the Greek tragedy I hadn't thought of, but it's right. For the protagonist, that's hidden in the idea of 'the working man' brought out in the dialogue several times, especially by Pacino's character. It's so in your face it's not even noticed. So there is someone to relate to all the way through. The absolute worst job I ever did was a telephone solicitor with the job of phoning people to sell them the idea of what we were selling, so salesmen could contact the leads we supplied and close on the deal. Last day at work, I pulled in six leads, probably worth thousands, for which I was paid maybe a lousy twenty bucks; enough for a pizza and a beer.
Every time I see this excellent production I thank God I never got into the Real Estate game.
Great look at a great film.
Honestly, I still liked Roma even after he basically manipulated Lingk. Sleazy? Sure, but he just knows how to play the game. Roma doesn't suffer fools, as seen when he chews out Williamson, but he also knows the importance of teamwork and support in the business, such as when he humiliates Moss for his disregard of Shelly's sale (regardless if it turned out to be a bust, in that moment there wasn't any reason not to at least congratulate Shelly). In a lot of ways he's still the most respectable character in the film, except for maybe Aaranow, but he's such a dope you don't really feel anything towards him.
We all only like Roma cause Al Pacino gave him such flair. But really, Roma is a sociopath.
@@OldManNutcakez I dislike Roma for lying to Lingk,but than again,he only did it to survive.But I also like Roma for taking the time to listen to George when he is in a slump.George puts himself down and Roma says "Hey, fuck that shit, George. You're a good man, you just hit a bad streak."
I can only watch this film while sipping on a Cutty or a quick J&B scotch during a torrential downpour...coffee's for closers
Oh yeah. Coffee for closers, Levine. He's such a fucked up salesman, he can't even close stolen leads.
a fifth of Sark will do just fine
@@austinteutsch have you actually watched the film? He does not close or try to close the stolen leads, he sells them.
@@WSMDSA I KNOW that, idiot. My thought was WHY not try to close them instead of sell them. Fucking trolls.
@@austinteutsch It was THE NEXT DAY!
How did Jack Lemon not get an Oscar for this??! Not even nominated?..
I know! One of the greatest performances in Cinema in my opinion.😢
dont know how Don didnt win anything for his masterful performance!
And a special mention to the wonderful, late, Mr. Al Jarreau for the best rendition of “Blues Skies” you will ever hear on this Earth. Peter Erskine, drums. Wonderful job! ..Of course, Wayne Shorter, tenor sax. Rock!
"How do I tell these people I'm pretentious without saying I'm pretentious?"
I would disagree on there being no one to sympathize with. I was rooting for Levene because he was a once great salesman who was being treated like shit because he hasn't had a good sale in a while, plus he had a dying daughter in the hospital. Given that second part, it makes sense why he'd be so desperate and steal the leads and I felt very badly for him in the end.
You felt sorry for Levene, but at the end of the day, all the salesmen were selling garbage to people. When it's uncovered that he was involved in stealing the leads, the sympathy kinda dissipated.
One reason the film didn't hit big: it was called Glengarry Glen Ross.
Perhaps it should have been called Glengarry Diana Ross? 😃
Glorified Truth you know what you might it
Death of a Fucking Salesman !
@Tony C. The title comes from the names of two of the real estate developments: Glengarry Highlands and Glen Ross Farms.
@@kellyannebrown9800 ...You know that you light it.
Masterful performances.. this screen version is amazing
“You can't close the leads you're given, you can't close shit, you are shit, hit the bricks, pal, and beat it 'cause you are going out”!
Great job! I remember when I first saw this film. I had read about this film and when I was in San Diego doing a stint at San Diego Naval Medical Center I rented it. I was awestruck after one viewing and like with all great films, I watched it again.
I thought moss got angry because shelly got the sale with the 'trash leads' he couldn't, making him see himself as weak for having to resort to robbing it. And since introspection to most people is like pulling teeth, he instead lashes out at the people around him.
One of the best invent movies I’ve ever seen. I see clips of the stage play, the audience laughter seems so odd to me, I don’t remember laughing during the movie.
Ive seen the movie a dozen times, lot of funny scenes honestly
So glad you did this GGGR. This one's in my top five. The acting and writing are terrific, and - whadaya know - I'm in sales. This is Citizen Kane to salesmen and The Boiler Room is our Pulp Fiction.
Me too agree. I wish I could find the scene where MOss and Aron get donuts and coffee.
@@mebeasensei Mamet toned that dialogue down for the film.
I so miss that night I got baked and saw this movie for the first time.
The film is incomparable. The play, even with Pacino, doesn't even come close.
Happy to see you back and doing this movie. So underrated it isn't even funny, it is scarcely mentioned within great movies and even when talking about Al Pacino's great movies.
Great movie. Baldwin in HILARIOUS SNL sketch, he is the same character as I. Play - “winters breath” sent from Kris Kringle ( Murray) to talk to the elves (salesmen) about their disastrous performance.
You must see this, showcases what an amazing actor Baldwin is - plays tragedy and comedy in the same exact performance .
He is unjustly accused in Rust case.
I enjoyed the critique. You mentioned some things I hadn't thought of.
Now for my two cents. For a while I tried writing and most writers of fiction know of the 36 dramatic where all stories are a variation of one those plots, which all seem to have evolved from a Greek tragedy.
The main thing I got from the film (probably on HBO or some paid cable channel) and what I wanted to share with others, is the kind of world men live in, and the difficulties they must struggle with.
The same can be said (in my opinion) for Death of a Salesman. No doubt I identify with those scenarios because of my personal life. Of the many jobs I've had, selling on commission was the worst.
Apparently cast members on set called this "Death of a fucking Salesman".
These Look insides soooo make to directly to the full moves . Epic content & thank you
Great "look inside" Sean. I have only seen the movie and as you stated the performances were great. They get you absorbed in the film. I liked Jack Lemmon's character the best and I wasn't surpised the Simpsons picked up on his character. It didn't take me long to get the overall feeling that sales is a miserable job filled with miserable characters and suckers for clients and the higher the stakes, the more miserable it all is. One thing in the film is thought was such a great "added touch" was the number of clips shot in the rain, with characters getting soaked like an old hound dog which further describes the miserable job, desperate, and miserable characters. I love great drama and this was so well done.
One of my Top 5 movies of all time. TREMENDOUS
just watched it again Thanks Sean.
Sean has a great line: "Now you're left with noone to root for". I never realized, but there isn't anyone you have sympathy for, except maybe Arkin.
And thats just because he's bad at his job.
I sympathized with Shelly
"I come here and I meet gestapo tactics....I meet gestapo tactics !"
@@AA-sn9lz Jack Lemmon is so desperate here.
@@SeaTac411 "Hey, fuck that shit, George. You're a good man, you just hit a bad streak."
As a straight commission insurance salesman for over 30 years, I can feel exactly what they’re feeling. Many a night I was in my office crying because I didn’t have the rent due the next day.
Great insight, Sean!
Thanks Rob.
seen this film a minimum of 25 times..used to use the film to pep the troops when I was brokering real estate..and now I watch it with gratitude for not having to broker real estate anymore!
I enjoyed your analysis.
I especially liked your Fllm Noir style narration.
I'm going to see if you've done other reviews. I understand about TH-cam's kowtowing to alleged copyright holders, even in reviews. I stopped doing 'em due to "strikes."
Really stimulating review. Congratulations
When he says "PERFECT DRAMAS" he aint kidding....
Strange to hear an audience laugh at Moss.
For some reason it's often billed as a black comedy.
Thank you for your share
Amazing video, thank you!
Thanks JacekUW
One of the best movies ever made.
You say it's 'swampland' in your criticism, but I know in the play there is no mention at all of that in the script. That would, to some extent, defeat the meaning of the play. Yes, they sell using hard tactics, even underhanded ones, but the lessons in the play apply to the entirety of our culture, not just people selling swampland or things of no value. The key is that they have to get people they don't know at all to hand them over lots and lots of money from their bank account for something they can't see. Whether it is ultimately a good investment or not is not the point.
Great job on this video. you hit some very pertinent points in the film and stage production of Glengarry. Ricky Roma's line "you don't speak until you know the shot", says it all. Company man Kevin Spacey hears Roma's response then Lemon's. Only with Lemon, he learns something that tells him who robbed the office, Shelly The Machine Levine himself. The biggest Ahole in the movie is Moss. Only by a hair considering all of them would sell out anyone to make a buck. Alan Arkin's charactor George Aranow (sp?) seems like the nice guy fish out of water who because he can't lie, doesnt earn selling Florida swampland. First Moss goes after to him to be an accomplice to robbing the office, then Shelly. They are all great performances and it's great that Mamet wrote an entirely scene or act with Alec Baldwin "from Mitch & Murray". The term ABC always be closing alone makes the film version of GlenGarry my fav for sure.
Baldwin should have received an Oscar for that speech alone
Roma's interaction w/ George is the funniest .AP: how ya doin' George"? AA: y' mean on the board"? AP: pauses,"OK, on the board" AA: "terrible".
Fantastic movie and great great acting
If you actually put the clients needs ahead of your commission and do right by them you dont have to pretend at all. I love being a salesman and honesty helps me be a great salesman
Well it sounds like you actually care about your reputation. The characters in this film certainly did not.
This movie is awesome
Great video!
I’m about to watch this. Hope it’s good
Great synopsis
I just started watching your flicks. Nice work. Why do Kubrick's minuets work so much better than Warren Beaty's? How would you compare their respective use of camera movement?
Brilliant dialog. Classic screen play.
Very good thank you
You're welcome.
I rooted for Levine. And since becoming a salesman, i also root for Roma. #Alwaysbeclosing
I hear you. I watch this movie at night when I work (emails) since it's free on TH-cam right now. I'm in sales as well. What do you sell?
@@JesusIsAlphaOmega001 no longer in sales. The leads were weak
@@DARRENKAIRNS-fv7yl The leads were weak?
What you doing now for work then?
Well done review. I use that Alec Baldwin presentation about steak knives, in all my $ales management/motivational meetings. LOL. Then the top 3 closers each get a free copy of the classic business book: Who Moved My Cheese.
Can someone explain to me the significance of the train?? and why its sound pops up randomly throughout the film? I know it's symbolic of something but don't understand what...
Is the entire play avalable? I'd like to see this casts take on the story.
I could only find a few clips of the 2012 play on TH-cam. To my knowledge there is no footage of the 1983 version of the play.
I'm buying this on Blu Ray tomorrow.... goddamit!
5:32 The line al Pachino he says gave me flashes of how he said the line in Donnie Brasco. The sound guy was asked to turn the sound of Al Pacinos lether jacket screeching as to make the scene more intense
best film about sales ever
We watched this in English comp in college after reading death of a salesman. Needless to say I was more than a little surprised.
My favorite movie
The great Jack Lemmon
one of the modern concepts in movie making is to create a lot of characters who don't wear black or white hats, more like gray to use a metaphor. We can relate to and be supportive but only up to a point. We can despise and feel repelled but then a softer more likable/ understandable side emerges. In the end we might not care for any one character but it's made a more complex choice by gifted writers. That would be my all time most favorite TV show series the Sopranos, I'm sure there's plenty more examples of writers and directors emphasizing that approach. Glengarry sort of played with the audience too, though maybe it was just picking the least offensive character to each viewer. Not a happy choice but much of real life is just that and I'm fine by that.
sean you're really good
Thanks.
saw it as a first run film. Summer/fall of '92. I saw some of my very favorite actors in performances that were among their best. twenty years after 'the Godftaher' and Pacino is as good as he ever was. jack Lemmon? probably the last of his great efforts .ol' Alan Arkin has the last cold call of the story.
'oh,...., I hate this job"...
Al Pacino reminded me of Don Flamenco from Mike Tysons Punch Out in this flic!!!! Really something!!!!
Lol!🌹
I’ve seen this 🎥 about a dozen times and if it’s on I have to watch it !! Is there something wrong with me 😆🤣…
I think the sanest among us relish this film.
0:54 Isn’t the actor on the right one of the “Bobs” in The Office Space?
nice breakdown....yeh i liked that :D
It's called building rapport.
Just looking at the play and then the movie, the delivery is drastically better in the movie it's night and day
Ed Harris is so great...
Coffee...is for closers.
Sales is an act, except they don't buy the tickets until after the show! So you have to be the best actor in the world, which I was. I was so good I wound on tv doing a combination of sales characteristics that wound down to a cheap trick used car salesman and it won hundreds of awards. Sales is fun if you're good, if not it's the nightmare you see in Glen Gerry.
We need a coffee is for closers’ cup ☕️
Great stuff
great movie, it's finally on TH-cam
I work in sales. 6 min in. We call it "make a friend, make a sale." You're not selling the real estate, you're selling yourself. Period.
Such a great movie about terrible people. Realistically, two of them didn't really want to be terrible people, but felt trapped. Such a great drama.
I disagree that it's the "modern Death of a Salesman." DOAS was - to me - more of a modern take on Taming of the Shrew. A tragedy. DOAS was an AMAZING tragedy.
GGGR was more of DOAS turned prefect DRAMA.
that was good
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Blake also knew about the leads. The cops should also interrogate Blake . Imagine the cops trying to play hard with Blake: You call yourself a salesman, you son of a b****?
name another movie LIKE it, & i will watch it. 😁
Resivoire Dogs
Boiler Room
Roma is on top of the world. but when the client from the bar comes to the office . to break the deal off Roma pretty much gets on his knees. and begs the man.
Well I don't think he was begging, he was trying to keep him in the office and try to find another angle to keep his check in the bank. Right before Williamson blows the deal Roma figures out that Link's wife pushes him around so when he discovers that he decides to take him to the bar again. If Williamson didn't interrupt than Roma would have gotten Link drunk and convinced him to stay involved just to spite his wife.
Sean McDougall williamsnon just to cover his own lies . be caused the contract was stolen.
and I ment begging/ stalling for time to keep link running around.
Do yourself a favor and watch House of Games another classic from David Mamet!
Wait. I always thought the Machine was lying about closing the Nyborgs. That morning? They did a shot of booze to celebrate from the sideboard Shelly didn't even know was in there? B.S. Roma knew it.
When Roma said "you closed them today"? He knows something is up because nobody in their right mind would give a salesman $82,000.00 in less than 24hrs. But Shelly is so excited about the deal that he can't recognize that the Nyborgs are nuts.
Sean McDougall you don't think it's all a lie? You think the whole description he gives to Roma actually happened? I don't. He lies about not stealing the leads. I think bursting in with where's Williamson grab the fuckin chalk is convenient for a man who robbed the joint the night before to have something to focus on as he knew the office would be suspicious and crawling with cops. Love this movie. I love how Shellys big mouth reveals him to John. And he does it in a diatribe about keeping your mouth shut if u don't know the shot. Brilliant writing.
There are many continuity/logic problems I have with the screenplay. Mamet isn't famous for explaining everything but some things just don't make sense. I'll accept that Shelly was lying about the Nyborgs because he was busy robbing the office but then why would he say to Roma "I got up early, tracked them down, and closed that fucker." He did close the Nyborgs but are we supposed to believe he did so just that morning? That's not at all believable. Also Williamson said "last night I stayed home with my kids", so then how does he know Roma's contract is on his desk? When did Roma turn it in? If it was before the office was closed up that was never made clear. Finally, how is it Roma and Moss seem to know the Nyborg's reputation but Shelly discovers they're nuts only after he thinks he made a major sale to them?
@@Adam-hi9dh you need to rewatch the film. You have misheard and misunderstood a lot.
@Adam
Yes, Roma knew the Nyborgs were frauds. Levene "closing" the sale heightened Roma's suspicion about the office break in. Roma knew Levene was going down, and was very kind to him.
Baldwin is great in this Film because he's Playing Himself. A Douche Bag New Yorker. I'm from NYC and I know those people very well. Welsh actor Jonathan Pryce does a Great New York accent and is a Fantatstic "Schlub".
Moss is too thin to eat that many donuts
Awesome work fuck ya 👍🏽
Thanks.
It's a burglary not a robbery.
How does Moss know the Roma's contract didn't go to the bank? Shelley was the one who broke in.
I assumed that Moss saw the contract sitting on Williamson's desk when he showed up early to get his interview out of the way.
Yeah. This is good. But after the absolute perfect timing of the movie version....nah.
blocked in my country
ranerk inasa I will hopefully get it on Dailymotion in the next couple of days.
+ranerk inasa You can watch it here www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x2uspk_alookinsidevideos_everything-playlist/1#video=x333a6z
Feel a bit sorry for Kevin Spacey, however, he does little to help his guys!
Roma says some pretty awful things at the bar. I'd be a bit worried about anyone who believed in him
The only female in this movie is the coat check woman at the Chinese restaurant.
FUCK YOU, THATS MY NAME...
If you want to see why it did poorly at the box office, just watch the trailer. People were expecting an entirely different movie.