It helps that the film finds Faustian deal making and yuppie ambition not very different.
Robert and Hilarie had always imagined that advertising meant striking a Faustian deal with a soulless corporation.
Together, these two lure Van Doren into his Faustian deal.
The danger of making profitable Faustian deals with supposedly evil enterprises has disappeared, conference participants agreed.
They plan, plot and make Faustian deals.
The White House cut a Faustian deal with Croatia during the war.
"Faustian deal doesn't finish in a good way."
Circe would make a faustian deal with the demon lord Neron in exchange for increased magical power.
Tarkio is not alone in trying to survive by making such Faustian deals.
Yet Americans have made a Faustian deal with the culture of shopping, and especially with bargain culture.