John Sayles, Filmmaker
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-3551-7 (ISBN)
In 1980, art house audience word of mouth about an unusual new movie, ""Return of the Secaucus Seven"", launched the career of director John Sayles and with him the era of the independent filmmaker. Sayles has remained a maverick, writing, directing, editing and even acting in his own films. This fully updated and revised edition of the 1998 book chronicles Sayles' career - including the story of his inauspicious beginning as a second-string actor, and his work in fiction, theatre, music videos and television. 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. Each chapter also traces Sayles' technical development - his camera work, editing, musical arrangement and mise-en-scene. The book includes a complete filmography and a bibliography.
Jack Ryan is an associate professor in the Department of English at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. He publishes regularly in Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
1. A Storyteller: From Literature to Film
2. Outside and Inside the Production System
3. An Escaped Slave, the Boss, and Union History
4. Cityscapes: Baseball’s Lost Souls and Urban Renewal
5. The Power of the Physical World: From Soap Opera Diva to Celtic Myth
6. Borders: Texas, the Academy, and Mexico
7. Commodities: Real Estate and Babies
8. Human Geography: Business-as-Usual Politics, Stagolee’s Blues Redux, and a Commitment to Independence
Filmography
Bibliography
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.7.2010 |
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Zusatzinfo | 40 photographs, filmography |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 175 x 251 mm |
Gewicht | 575 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7864-3551-8 / 0786435518 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-3551-7 / 9780786435517 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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