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1. www.rogerebert.com › interviews › were-so-short-onWe’re So Short on Time: John Sayles on Lone Star

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   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.

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2. letterboxd.com › journal › john-sayles-lone-starBeyond Borders: John Sayles on Lone Star and America’s ...

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   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.

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4. www.pastemagazine.com › movies › john-saylesJohn Sayles: A Career Retrospective - Paste Magazine

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   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 ...

5. www.slantmagazine.com › film › john-sayles-interviewJohn Sayles on Capturing Past and Present in 'Lone Star'

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   Jan 22, 2024 · Writer-director John Sayles discusses how his 1996 neo-western noir 'Lone Star' speaks to the present political climate.

6. www.avclub.com › john-sayles-lone-star-criterionJohn Sayles on Lone Star, the state of TV, and making movies ...

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   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. By Matt Schimkowitz | January 16,...

7. www.hammertonail.com › interviews › john-saylesA Conversation with John Sayles (LONE STAR) - Hammer to Nail

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   Feb 23, 2024 · For the next 20 years, Sayles would rise to the top ranks of American filmmakers. He not only served as writer, director and editor on The Brother From Another Planet, The Secret of Roan Inish, Passion Fish, and, City of Hope, he also was an actor in Malcolm X, Something Wild, and, Matinee.

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   What makes John Sayles a good actor?

   • 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.

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   Who is John Sayles?

   • Criterion Collection cover for Lone Star; John Sayles Photo: The Criterion Collection John Sayles has been a fixture of American independent cinema for nearly 50 years. Like many indie filmmakers, Sayles began his career making monster movies before directing his microbudget debut, Return Of The Secaucus 7.

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   Should you work with John Sayles?

   • Working with John Sayles is not for everybody. There are some people, I think, who may have certain Hollywood-style expectations of comfort and ego-stroking. There are people who expect those sorts of things from when they work on the film.

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   Who are some good character actors?

   • And Gary Clark, the local guitar whiz of Austin—this was his first acting gig. And a wonderful actress named Yolonda Ross, and Edward James Olmos. So many good character actors. Jesse Borrego who was in my movie Lone Star years ago, who’s a wonderful actor.

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   What makes John and Maggie a good film producer?

   • John is a very blue collar, very grass roots, which works for his types of films because that’s his experience. He and Maggie have a methodology of making a film. They don’t just hire people because they think they’re good. They also hire people who they think are going to mesh well as a family. As a community. As an army.

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9. texashighways.com › culture › director-john-saylesDirector John Sayles on the Making of ‘Lone Star’

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   Jan 18, 2024 · John Sayles is one of the great American independent filmmakers. His epic 1996 drama Lone Star, which received a new release from The Criterion Collection this month, is one of his masterpieces. Channeling 1970s neo-noirs like Chinatown as well as the epic ensemble dramas of Robert Altman (Nashville), it’s a muckraking mystery set in a Texas ...