02219nam 2200565 a 450 991097025090332120240417222522.09780252094088025209408597812839947671283994763(OCoLC)841170963(Au-PeEL)EBL3414180(CaPaEBR)ebr10650999(CaONFJC)MIL430726(OCoLC)923496681(CKB)2550000000996666(MiAaPQ)EBC3414180(Perlego)2440958(EXLCZ)99255000000099666620111021d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJohn Sayles /David R. Shumway1st ed.Urbana University of Illinois Pressc20121 online resource (202 p.)Contemporary film directorsDescription based upon print version of record.9780252078569 025207856X 9780252036989 0252036980 Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.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.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.Contemporary Film Directors791.4302/33092BShumway David R869823MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970250903321John Sayles4362770UNINA