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Sayles Websites

JohnSayles.com
Formerly known as the John Sayles Border Stop, this is the first and best Sayles site on the web.

IFC: The John Sayles Retrospective
Information on the making and restoration of Return of the Secaucus Seven, Lianna, Brother From Another Planet, and Matewan.

The John Sayles Archives
A wonderful treasure trove of material at the Williams College library.

Interviews and Articles

Cineaste (1996)

Film Comment (1996)

Mother Jones (1996)
Sayles chooses the 20 best political films of the last two decades.

The Onion A.V. Club (1998)

Writers' Guild Interview with Leonard Maltin (1998)

Hollywood Scriptwriter (1999)

Hybrid Cinema (2002)

Indiewire (2002)

Morphizm.com (2002)

Reel.com (2002)

ReelMovieCritic.com (2002)

Related Artists

Center For Steinbeck Studies at San Jose State University
These folks presented Sayles with the second-ever John Steinbeck Award in 1998.

Greasy Lake: The Ultimate Bruce Springsteen Page
Bruce was the first recipient of the above-mentioned Steinbeck award. In addition to working together several times, Sayles and Springsteen often deal with similar themes in their work.

Jim Jarmusch's Sad and Beautiful World
Another indie icon who makes his films on a shoestring budget.

PopMatters interview with Karyn Kusama
An interview with Sayles' former assistant and director of the film Girlfight.

eFilmCritic: The Spike Lee Interview
Lee and Sayles are the two best American directors working today, and their styles and worldviews are quite similar. Sayles also acted in Lee's film Malcolm X.

Chicago Historical Society: Studs Terkel
Terkel once acted in a Sayles film, but more importantly, he has spent his life writing and speaking on many of the same themes that inform Sayles' films.

 

 

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