LEADER 02219nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910970250903321 005 20240417222522.0 010 $a9780252094088 010 $a0252094085 010 $a9781283994767 010 $a1283994763 035 $a(OCoLC)841170963 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414180 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10650999 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL430726 035 $a(OCoLC)923496681 035 $a(CKB)2550000000996666 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414180 035 $a(Perlego)2440958 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000996666 100 $a20111021d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJohn Sayles /$fDavid R. Shumway 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aUrbana $cUniversity of Illinois Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (202 p.) 225 0$aContemporary film directors 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780252078569 311 08$a025207856X 311 08$a9780252036989 311 08$a0252036980 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references, filmography and index. 327 $aJohn 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. 330 8 $aJohn Sayles is the very paradigm of the contemporary independent filmmaker. By raising much of the funding for his films himself, Sayles functions more independently than most directors. In this study, Shumway examines the defining characteristic of Sayles's cinema: its realism. 410 0$aContemporary Film Directors 676 $a791.4302/33092 676 $aB 700 $aShumway$b David R$0869823 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910970250903321 996 $aJohn Sayles$94362770 997 $aUNINA