John Sayles Filmmaker

<p> In 1980 art house audience word of mouth about an unusual new movie <I>Return of the Secaucus Seven</I> 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.</p><p> This fully updated revision of the author's 1998 first edition chronicles Sayles' entire 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.</p>