{"product_id":"john-sayles-interviews-paperback","title":"John Sayles: Interviews - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiane Carson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNominated for both an Academy Award for scriptwriting and a National Book Award, John Sayles has written screenplays, teleplays, short stories, and novels and has worked as a script doctor for a virtual who's who of Hollywood film and television talent. He has acted in films and on stage and even directed a music video for Bruce Springsteen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn making movies, Sayles has handled subjects as diverse as seventies activists in \u003ci\u003eThe Return of the Secaucus Seven\u003c\/i\u003e (1980); a 1920s Appalachian miners' strike in \u003ci\u003eMatewan\u003c\/i\u003e (1987); the 1919 Black Sox scandal in \u003ci\u003eEight Men Out\u003c\/i\u003e (1988); the Selkies of Ireland in \u003ci\u003eThe Secret of Roan Inish\u003c\/i\u003e (1994); and Latin American guerilla warfare in \u003ci\u003eMen with Guns\u003c\/i\u003e (1997). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConducted over a period of twenty years, these interviews span Sayles's career as a writer, director, and sometimes actor. Whether he is interviewed in \u003ci\u003eThe Progressive\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFilm Comment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSight and Sound\u003c\/i\u003e, or Rod Serling's \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Zone Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Sayles is always direct and candid. In each conversation, he cuts to the core of the film business and to the meat of what he is trying to accomplish as an artist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKnown for his fiercely independent vision, his authentic characters, and his provocative observations on the human condition, Sayles demonstrates in these interviews what an endurably original director and artist he is. As he tells \u003ci\u003eSight and Sound\u003c\/i\u003e, \"First of all, I'm not afraid of failure. I don't get upset if people don't like it. I'm doing it because I'm interested. . . [\u003ci\u003eReturn of the Secaucus Seven\u003c\/i\u003e] was the start, because even if I hadn't got it released, at least I've made a movie I wanted to make.\"\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollected interviews with the director\/writer\/actor who was nominated for both an Academy Award for script writing and a National Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiane Carson \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of film studies at St. Louis Community College at Meramec and adjunct professor of film at Webster University, both in St. Louis, Missouri. A film critic for \u003ci\u003eRiverfront Times\u003c\/i\u003e and KDHX in St. Louis, she is also editor of \u003ci\u003eMultiple Voices in Feminist Film Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 9 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43153026842687,"sku":"9781578061389","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/dpuvGpNU4B9781578061389.webp?v=1776943299","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/john-sayles-interviews-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}