本片是导演有关人性的“生活三部曲”的终结篇章。影片没有线性叙事，由39个场景构成。镜头追随萨姆和乔纳森这对推销搞笑玩具的流动商人的足迹，伴随他们一户户上门兜售商品，如同导游带领观众在不同地点不同人群中游走。影片继承了导演一贯的执导风格，诗意，阴郁，黑色幽默又充满哲学思辨。

14 international awards, including an Academy Award Nomination and the Special Prize of the Jury at Cannes International Film Festival, this film presents a surrealistic and humorous satire on the Madison Avenue image of the world through advertising. It Shows a man sitting in a bathtub on a pier at the Hudson River with a background of the New York skyline. He is typing underwater with the words literally going down the drain. Opens the door, and a stripper wrapped in toilet paper appears, and attempts to seduce him. Neat jazz score by Cool Jazzmen Gerry Mulligan & Bob Brookmeyer.