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The Store

1983 · 118 min Documentary
6.3 / 10 · TMDB

THE STORE is a film about the main Neiman-Marcus store and corporate headquarters in Dallas. The sequences in the film include the selection, presentation, marketing, pricing, advertising and selling of a vast array of consumer products including designer clothes and furs, jewelry, perfumes, shoes, electronic products, sportswear, china and porcelain and many other goods. The internal management and organizational aspects of a large corporation are shown, i.e., sales meetings, development of marketing and advertising strategies, training, personnel practices and sales techniques.

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Year 1983
Country United States of America
Genre Documentary
Director Frederick Wiseman
Runtime 118 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.3/10 (15 votes)

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Frederick Wiseman constructs his signature cinema vérité approach, eliminating voiceover and score. He relies on the rhythm of extended observations to explore not merely commerce, but the rituals and social codes cultivated within this temple of consumption.

What lingers after the final reel is a sense of lucid detachment—having witnessed the precise mechanics of luxury, not its advertisement. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Frederick Wiseman

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