Travelling Salesman (2012)

Travelling Salesman (2012)

In an unlit dream sequence, a figure wearing a white facemask questions Dr. Tim Horton in a distorted voice.

Mask: "Have you anything else?"
Horton: "I do. I'm sorry, I have.... I do. No!"

The menacing figure then strikes Dr Horton to the ground.

Mask: "Have you a sign? Have you a sign?
Horton: "Right angles, horizontals, and perpendiculars!"
Mask: "Illusions. Binding yourself under no less penalty than that of having your body severed in twain."
Horton: "No, no, not an obligation!"
Mask: "Thou was taken thence, and [unintelligble] knowledge." [00:55:50]

This dialogue is a burlesque of ritual found in many nineteenth century masonic exposures. Considering the otherwise intellectual and philosophical depth of the script, the introduction of pseudo-masonic ritual is incongruous. The introduction of the all-seeing eye in a triangle as a watermark on presidential stationery is also gratuitous. [00:74:40]

Travelling Salesman (2012). Directed by Timothy Lanzone, written by Andy Lanzone, Timothy Lanzone. Danny Barclay, Eric Bloom, David John Cole, Malek Houlihan, Matt Lagan, Marc Raymond, Tyler Seiple, Steve West. USA, English, 80 min, Dolby, Colour.

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