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Sayles Talk pays tribute to an American master with far-ranging concerns. These dozen essays highlight the extent of John Sayles's engagement and innovation and cast new--and welcome--light on his film style. An engaging and timely volume showcasing twenty-five years of independent film.--Chris Holmlund chair of the Cinema Studies Program, University of Tennessee, author of Impossible Bodies: Femininity and Masculinity at the Movies The variety of essays in Sayles Talk ably fills a long-standing need in film literature for a sound critical introduction to the values and working methods of one of America's most respected and successful independent filmmakers.--Marshall Deutelbaum professor emeritus of English, Purdue Univeristy Sayles Talk makes an eloquent and thorough case for seeing John Sayles as a major American filmmaker, though one more akin to Ford or Welles than to Stone or Tarantino. Because his films explore various classical cinematic genres with a politically aware if wary camera, at once socially realistic yet aesthetically self-aware, Sayles complicates many of the binaries that organize much contemporary film criticism: mainstream versus independent, transparent versus self-conscious, modern versus postmodern. In the sustained 'hybridity' and intelligence of his filmmaking, Sayles has created a cinematic legacy that will continue to inspire, as the essays in Sayles Talk convincingly attest.--Leland Poague Iowa State University, author of Another Frank Capra

"Sayles Talk makes an eloquent and thorough case for seeing John Sayles as a major American filmmaker, though one more akin to Ford or Welles than to Stone or Tarantino. Because his films explore various classical cinematic genres with a politically aware if wary camera, at once socially realistic yet aesthetically self-aware, Sayles complicates many of the binaries that organize much contemporary film criticism: mainstream versus independent, transparent versus self-conscious, modern versus postmodern. In the sustained 'hybridity' and intelligence of his filmmaking, Sayles has created a cinematic legacy that will continue to inspire, as the essays in Sayles Talk convincingly attest.--Leland Poague ""Iowa State University, author of Another Frank Capra "" Sayles Talk pays tribute to an American master with far-ranging concerns. These dozen essays highlight the extent of John Sayles's engagement and innovation and cast new--and welcome--light on his film style. An engaging and timely volume showcasing twenty-five years of independent film.--Chris Holmlund ""chair of the Cinema Studies Program, University of Tennessee, author of Impossible Bodies: Femininity and Masculinity at the Movies "" The variety of essays in Sayles Talk ably fills a long-standing need in film literature for a sound critical introduction to the values and working methods of one of America's most respected and successful independent filmmakers.--Marshall Deutelbaum ""professor emeritus of English, Purdue Univeristy """

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Diane Carson is professor of film studies at St. Louis Community College at Meramec. Among other books, she is editor of John Sayles: Interviews (University Press of Mississippi, 1999) and co-editor of More Than a Method: Trends and Traditions in Contemporary Film Performance (Wayne State University Press, 2004). Heidi Kenaga is adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Memphis.

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