When people think independent filmmaker Im sure people like Quentin Tarantino or Kevin Smith pop into their head but I consider Miramax one of those mini-majors. But no one represents indie filmmaking like John Sayles. He started his career writing movies like Piranha and Alligator for Roger Corman, then segued into directing with Return of the Secaucus 7. Since then he has written and directed 15 films and been nominated for two screenwriting Oscars for Passion Fish and Lone Star.

His latest...

walkswithbears

United Kingdom

March 2003

OCT 05, 2004 04:49 PM

lone star was a wonderful peice of filmmaking, i can't wait to see this one, especially because this has the chris cooper and kris kristofferson partnership in it too. i'm not sure what to make of the jurassic 4 link tough...

Westley

Vatican City

April 2004

OCT 05, 2004 11:08 PM

John Sayles and Jim Jarmusch are the lone American filmmakers who have consistently maintained my respect for their body of work in the last 20 or so years.

There are few who write such terrific dialogue for such diverse characters as he presents in his films, and he seems to be one of the only directors left that is willing to actually sit back and allow actors to act.

Kind of a sad commentary that this interview has been up all these hours and has so few responses. Perhaps he should employ more jump cuts and mood lighting into his films, or just change his name to Fincher in order to earn some notice from people around here.

Thanks alot for this wonderful interview.

[Edited on Oct 05, 2004 by Westley]

Jeff_Fries

Humptulips, WA

September 2003

OCT 06, 2004 08:22 PM

I'm glad DRE got the interview, but when the director of Casa de los Babys says the director he feels he most resembles is David Lean, you have to question his judgement and possibly his sanity.

Here's an assessment by a fellow liberal.

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Missy

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

OCT 05, 2004 06:00 AM