Sayles, John (1950- )

The following sources are recommended by a professor whose research specialty is American filmmaker John Sayles.

Six Superlative Sources

· Sayles, John. Thinking in Pictures: How Movies Really Get Made. DaCapo, 2003. Previously published as Thinking in Pictures: The Making of Matewan. Houghton Mifflin, 1987.

· Sayles, John. Sayles on Sayles. Edited by Gavin Smith. Faber and Faber, 1998.

· Ryan, Jack. John Sayles, Filmmaker. McFarland, 1998.

· Sayles, John. John Sayles Interviews. Edited by Diane Carson. University Press of Mississippi, 1999.

· Molyneaux, Gerard. John Sayles. Renaissance Books, 2000.

· Pierson, John. Spike, Mike, Slackers and Dykes: A Guided Tour across a Decade of American Independent Cinema. Hyperion, 1995.

Other Excellent Sources

· Asinof, Eliot. "John Sayles." DGA Magazine, December 1997-January 1998: 40-43, 89.

· Aufderheide, Patricia. "Coal Wars: On Location with John Sayles." Mother Jones, August-September 1981: 24-29, 44-45.

· Biskind, Peter. "The Sweet Hell of Success." Premiere, October 1997: 85-100.

· Chanko, Kenneth. "John Sayles." Films in Review, February 1983: 94-98.

· Dreifus, Claudia. "Interview with John Sayles." Progressive, November 1991: 30.

· Foner, Eric. "A Conversation between Eric Foner and John Sayles." Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies. Edited by Mark C. Carnes. Henry Holt, 1995.

· Harmetz, Aljean. "Independent Films Making It Big." New York Times, April 6, 1987: C 11.

· John Sayles. Internet Movie Database.

· McGhee, Dorothy. "Solidarity Forever: In an Era of Union Busting, John Sayles' Matewan Celebrates the Miners' Struggle of the Twenties." American Film, September 1987: 42.

· Rosen, David, with Peter Hamilton. Off Hollywood: The Making and Marketing of Independent Films. Grove Weidenfield, 1987.

· Schwarzbaum, Lisa. "Independents' Day." Entertainment Weekly, Special Edition, The New Hollywood: Inside the World of Independent Films, November-December 1997: 10.

· Seidenberg, Robert. "Sayles Talk." Horizon, September 1987: 12-14.

· Skorman, Richard. Off-Hollywood Movies: A Film Lover's Guide. Harmony, 1989.

· Stein, Harry. "How John Sayles Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Studio." Premiere, July 1999: 90-110.

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