Where most documentarians would strive for a professional air, the makers of HBO’s new series turn their dirtbag energy into a virtue.
Documentarians have made an art form of projecting expertise, and an air of professionalism is often essential to winning the trust of a source—or a viewer. But Patrick J. Pespas and Sam Lipman-Stern, the protagonists of the three-part docuseries “Telemarketers,” on HBO, don’t bother with the trappings of authority.
When Pespas and Lipman-Stern began their project, nearly twenty years ago, they aspired to take down “the entire industry.” Life intervened. “Telemarketers” is partly a heartwarming tale of redemption, of how two ne’er-do-wells brimming with potential found a sense of purpose, and partly a study of the vagaries of long-term documentary filmmaking. Their motivation falters more than once, as does Pespas’s commitment to sobriety.
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