Showman (1963) review

Early documentary from the Maysles brothers has them trailing film distributor extraordinaire Joseph E. Levine as he flies to Cannes, schmoozes with Sophia Loren (he acts like the Academy Award she won for Two Women is his), takes photos with Kim Novak ... and has a league of Yes Men agreeing with him at all times.  Although there is an attempt at being neutral - the whole fly-on-the-wall stance - it's clear they hold him (like Jean-Luc Godard, who referred to Levine as "King Kong") in utter contempt: he didn't treat cinema as "art" but as a means of self-promotion, running huge promotional campaigns ... which, as we now know, are the norm.  It's a slim production, but I don't think I would have wanted to listen to this egotist any longer than necessary.