They look like ‘men in black’, the representatives of the Bible and Gun Club. Black suits, white shirts and dark ties. Those form the clothing required by their employer, who gives these pot-bellied gentlemen the impossible task of selling both bibles and guns to the lowest classes in American society. Daniel J. Harris plays with this typically American contradiction – violence and religion – in his first film, that was made for peanuts. The Bible and Gun Club looks like a casually shot documentary shot in grainy black & white but is in fact a black comedy about the seamy side of America. The South-African-born Harris emerged from the world of the animation film. He has worked on e.g. The Simpsons. The fascinating thing about The Bible and Gun Club is the mixture of reality, satire and insanity. The film is completely convincing, despite the awkwardly acting and unknown protagonists playing the five travelling salesmen.
