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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970250903321

Autore

Shumway David R

Titolo

John Sayles / / David R. Shumway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012

ISBN

9780252094088

0252094085

9781283994767

1283994763

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

Contemporary film directors

Disciplina

791.4302/33092

B

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Nota di contenuto

John Sayles: critical realist -- John Sayles: independent -- John Sayles: realist -- Beginnings: return of the Secaucus seven -- Establishing a career -- Lianna and Baby it's you -- The brother from another planet and Springsteen videos -- Matewan -- Men out -- Place and melodrama: city of hope and passion fish -- Stories -- Lone star -- Men with guns -- Limbo -- Millennial sayles -- Casa de los babys -- Silver city -- Honeydripper.

Sommario/riassunto

John Sayles is the very paradigm of the contemporary independent filmmaker. By raising much of the funding for his films himself, Sayles functions more independently than most directors. In this study, Shumway examines the defining characteristic of Sayles's cinema: its realism.