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Jan 15, 2024 · Walter Chaw January 15, 2024. Tweet. 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. He puts them in conversation with one another, and then he listens and we listen with him.
September 28, 1950 · Schenectady, New York, USA. Birth name. John Thomas Sayles. Height. 6′ 4″ (1.93 m) Mini Bio. 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.
Nov 5, 2013 · By Michael Dunaway | November 5, 2013 | 9:28am. Movies Features John Sayles. For many, John Sayles is the quintessential American independent filmmaker. His 1979 debut Return of the...
Jan 16, 2024 · John Sayles on Lone Star, the state of TV, and making movies on the border. Director John Sayles, whose neo-Western masterpiece Lone Star arrives on Criterion 4K this week, reveals how the...
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...
Jan 11, 2024 · John Sayles’s 1996 masterpiece, “Lone Star,” a film about race, class, dark secrets, and how legends are made, is receiving a new restoration courtesy of the Criterion Collection. An early...
Sep 28, 2020 · Where to begin with John Sayles. On his 70th birthday, we pick a beginner’s path through the work of a true maverick: the guiding light of American indie cinema, John Sayles. 28 September 2020. By Matthew Thrift.
