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Jul 3, 2024 · John Sayles is a venerated figure in cinema, appreciated for his ability to weave intricate tales that touch on universal themes. Known for his poignant storytelling and richly layered characters, Sayles makes films that explore various themes and ideologies. Sales was a master craftsman in the...
Jan 10, 2024 · Like many significant directors of his generation, John Sayles cut his teeth working for Roger Corman, for whom he wrote one of his two high-quality Jaws knock-offs, 1978’s Piranha (1980’s Alligator is the other), while nursing his own ambitions as an independent filmmaker. With the money he’d scraped together on these screenwriting jobs, Sayles parlayed a minuscule budget (estimated at $60,000) into a debut hit with Return of the Secaucus 7, an ensemble piece about a weekend reunion ...
Feb 28, 2023 · And in Jenny, Sayles has created a spiky, self-possessed hero, a character of memorable life and wit. “Jamie MacGillivray” is Sayles’s sixth novel — his first was published in 1975 — and ...
Apr 22, 2004 · In John Sayles’ Passion Fish television soap star May-Alice Culhane returns from New York to her home in the Louisiana bayous to recuperate after a traffic accident. In terms of Sayles’ oeuvre, this is a resonant scenario. Often described as the father of American independent filmmaking, the director has a feeling for American regional realities that is rare in American cinema. Far from the glossy, scripted and homogenised scenarios of the mainstream media, May-Alice, like so many of ...
Jun 21, 1996 · Lone Star: Directed by John Sayles. With Stephen Mendillo, Stephen J. Lang, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña. When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
Oct 28, 2019 · Matewan comes to the Criterion Collection this week, and I spoke to writer-director Sayles over the phone about how Matewan happened, Will Oldham’s acting career, the Writer’s Guild, and ...
May 10, 2024 · John Sayles sits down with IndieWire to discuss his 1991 inner-city drama ‘City of Hope’, as well as the hope for cinema’s preservation.
