Title
John Sayles, filmmaker [electronic resource] : a critical study and filmography / Jack Ryan.
Edition
2nd ed.
ISBN
9780786456826 (electronic bk.)
9780786435517
Publication Details
Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2010.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 314 p.) : ill.
Call Number
PN1998.3.S3 R93 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.4302/33092
Summary
In 1980, art house audience word of mouth about an unusual new movie, Return of the Secaucus Seven, launched the career of director John Sayles and with him the era of the independent filmaker. Sayles has remained a maverick, writing, directing, editing, and even acting in is own films. This fully updated and revised edition of the 1998 book chronicles Sayles' entire career, including the story of his inauspicious beginning as a second-string actor and his work in fiction, theatre, music videos, and televivion. A chapter is devoted to each of Sayles' feature films, offering background material on production funding, a plot sketch, an analysis of important characters, and a look at the language, setting, and politics. Each chapter also traces Sayles' technical development, his camera work, editing, musical arrangement and mise-en-scene. -- From back cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes filmography.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
A storyteller : from literature to film
Outside and inside the production system
An escaped slave, the boss, and union history
Cityscapes : baseball's lost souls and urban renewal
The power of the physical world : from soap opera diva to Celtic myth
Borders : Texas, the academy, and Mexico
Commodities : real estate and babies
Human geography : business-as-usual politics, Stagolee's blues redux, and a commitment to independence.
