John Sayles, filmmaker
Subtitle: a critical study and filmography
By: Jack Ryan
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786435517
Description: "This fully updated and revised edition of the 1998 book chronicles Sayles' career. 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. The book includes a complete filmography and a bibliography"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A storyteller : from literature to film; title: Outside and inside the production system; title: An escaped slave, the boss, and union history; title: Cityscapes : baseball's lost souls and urban renewal; title: The power of the physical world: from soap opera diva to Celtic myth; title: Borders : Texas, the academy, and Mexico; title: Commodities real estate and babies; title: Human geography : business-as-usual politics, Stagolee's blues redeux, and a commitment to independence.