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John Sayles. Writer: Lone Star. A bright child, John Sayles began reading novels before age 9. A Williams College grad in 1972, he shunned a corporate career to work various blue-collar jobs, moving to east Boston to take a factory job.
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. He is known for writing and directing the films The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Matewan (1987), Eight Men Out (1988), Passion Fish (1992), The Secret of Roan Inish (1994), Lone Star (1996), and Men with Guns ...
John Sayles. Writer: Lone Star. A bright child, John Sayles began reading novels before age 9. A Williams College grad in 1972, he shunned a corporate career to work various blue-collar jobs, moving to east Boston to take a factory job.
Jan 15, 2024 · John Sayles’ films are indicated by the quality of his listening. His scripts are dialogue-dense and populated by people of character and intelligence, representing every social strata, every race, every creed.
1. The Brother from Another Planet (1984) R | 108 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi. 6.7. Rate. 70 Metascore. A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem. Director: John Sayles | Stars: Joe Morton, Daryl Edwards, Rosanna Carter, Ray Ramirez. Votes: 6,552 | Gross: $3.70M. Watch on AMC+.
Nov 5, 2013 · For many, John Sayles is the quintessential American independent filmmaker. His 1979 debut Return of the Secaucus Seven immediately established him as a new kind of filmmaker, and along with ...
Jan 16, 2024 · Director John Sayles, whose neo-Western masterpiece Lone Star arrives on Criterion 4K this week, reveals how the film would be different if he made it today
John Sayles (born September 28, 1950, Schenectady, New York, U.S.) is an American motion-picture director, screenwriter, novelist, and actor who since the 1980s has been among the most prominent independent filmmakers in the United States.
Jan 21, 2024 · With the arrival of Lone Star on 4K Blu-ray from Criterion, independent-cinema icon John Sayles speaks to Mitchell Beaupre about political filmmaking, the difficulty of both making and distributing movies—and how we should all forget the Alamo.
Jan 16, 2024 · John Sayles Looks Back on the Making of ‘Lone Star’. As the neo-Western joins the Criterion Collection, its writer/director explains how he maximized his resources to create an American...
