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Hopefully something will come of it:
For 40 minutes last month he held them spellbound, reading about America in 1898. John Sayles didn't just give the crowd a taste of his new novel, "Some Time in the Sun" -- he performed a comedy about tabloid newsboys in New York, playing 26 characters with thick, period accents."WAR!" Sayles boomed in the voice of a 13-year-old newsie thrilled ("Trilled!") that the Spanish-American War had boosted his daily street sales: "Remember the . . . Maine! Jeez, the way they played it out -- Day 1, the ship blows up. Day 2, who blew the ship up? Day 3, we think we know. Day 4, we sent down our experts!"When it was over, the audience at City University of New York's Gotham Center gave Sayles an ovation. But then he was humbled by a question from a woman in the front row: When would the book be out?"I've been done with it for six or seven months, and it's out to five or six publishers," he said quietly. "But we haven't had any bites yet."
"WAR!" Sayles boomed in the voice of a 13-year-old newsie thrilled ("Trilled!") that the Spanish-American War had boosted his daily street sales: "Remember the . . . Maine! Jeez, the way they played it out -- Day 1, the ship blows up. Day 2, who blew the ship up? Day 3, we think we know. Day 4, we sent down our experts!"
When it was over, the audience at City University of New York's Gotham Center gave Sayles an ovation. But then he was humbled by a question from a woman in the front row: When would the book be out?
"I've been done with it for six or seven months, and it's out to five or six publishers," he said quietly. "But we haven't had any bites yet."
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 15:34 (fifteen years ago) link
sounds disastrously dos passos-ian
which is maybe a good way of describing why his movies don't work, when they don't work
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 15:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Missed this poll, but would have voted for Baby, It's You.
Somebody once told me that when he learned Spanish, he made the task easier for himself by eliminating the second person. So he called everyone, including little kids, "usted."
― barney kestrel (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
mcsweeneys putting the book out - http://store.mcsweeneys.net/index.cfm/fuseaction/catalog.detail/object_id/68196e93-725e-46fa-b2f7-be6ce45cee40/AMomentintheSun.cfm
― just sayin, Friday, 8 April 2011 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
nearly 1,000 pages,
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― johnny crunch, Friday, 8 April 2011 22:39 (thirteen years ago) link
McDonnell & Woodard just great together in Passion Fish.
he's one of those directors who doesn't have ANY idea how to use the medium
^This is baloney
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 May 2012 04:07 (twelve years ago) link
JS on a dozen influences:
http://thedissolve.com/features/5-10-15-20/261-john-sayles-on-the-12-films-that-most-influenced-h/
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 18:23 (ten years ago) link
Matewan has a very young Will Oldham playing Danny the child preacher, only just noticed this recently.
http://img.rp.vhd.me/4741157_l2.jpg
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 22:13 (ten years ago) link
yeah, when he started making records "the kid from Matewan" was not an uncommon note in the press.
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 22:15 (ten years ago) link
city of hope is the most like full movie ever, and really overwritten but reasonably watchable
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 02:54 (eight years ago) link
Baby It's You holds up nicely, esp R Arquette's performance, and despite Trenton being played by North Jersey.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 20:53 (eight years ago) link
Limbo deserves more respect....
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
also, one vote for Passion Fish? disgusting savages...
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
lone star is *kisses fingers*
― marcos, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
kinda wish someone would just give him a ton of money to do an awesome netflix t.v. series. he deserves one big budget in his life. just one! he's no spring chicken.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
Netflix series is perfect for Sayles, actually
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
Shannon's Deal came close to that at times.
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 18:42 (six years ago) link
(breathes a sigh of relief that thread wasn't revived because of a sexual harassment accusation in the wake of the Weinstein scandal)
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
...or that he died.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
Not dead! But I did just wonder, despite missing his last several movies, just what this cat has been up to.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 16 June 2019 02:35 (five years ago) link
rewatched Matewan, which is generally inspiring and noble (in a good way) but damn are the characters and plotting broad
shooting the villain through the clothesline is always a good finish tho
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 9 February 2020 14:57 (four years ago) link
one of the most deliciously hateable villains in Sayles' oeuvre
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 9 February 2020 15:09 (four years ago) link
a bit heavy on the Snidely Whiplash
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 9 February 2020 15:11 (four years ago) link
impossible!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 9 February 2020 15:12 (four years ago) link
At the time PIRAHNA was released, John Sayles had a film journalist going for 20 minutes that the killer fish in the film were an allegory the Gang of Four and the Chinese Cultural Revolution until he had to stop and ask John, “Wait...are you fucking with me?” He was.— 💡KJ RELTH💡 (@kj__relth) February 15, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 February 2020 01:28 (four years ago) link
Sayles talks at length about what he would watch on TV in 1960 on the "TV Guidance Counselor" podcast (ep 490). Recommended.
― Josefa, Sunday, 24 October 2021 14:08 (two years ago) link
Interesting.
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 October 2021 14:36 (two years ago) link
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 October 2021 14:38 (two years ago) link
Bad news. After a great time in France, John has tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID. He tested negative before traveling home, started feeling lousy & tested again yesterday only to get a positive result today.Let's all wish him a speedy recovery! Stay safe everyone pic.twitter.com/7ZSFo7mLTs— John Sayles (@john_sayles) October 26, 2021
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 14:24 (two years ago) link
rewatched Matewan, which is generally inspiring and noble (in a good way) but damn are the characters and plotting broadshooting the villain through the clothesline is always a good finish tho― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 9 February 2020 14:57 (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 9 February 2020 14:57 (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
i just did this too. my kids actually stayed awake for it too. shocking!
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 26 November 2022 22:25 (one year ago) link
and i obv appreciate this opportunity to reconnect with the ghost of morbs :)
why did he stop making stuff and/or move to streaming? what has he been doing the last 10 years? bad health maybe. baby it's you is still my favorite
― buzza, Wednesday, 11 January 2023 08:56 (one year ago) link
loved shannon's deal way back when, wonder if it would hold up
― buzza, Wednesday, 11 January 2023 08:58 (one year ago) link
he wrote a novel last year that i bought and haven't read because i'm a criminal
― horseshoe, Thursday, 12 January 2023 17:26 (one year ago) link
Lone Star is up there among the movies I've rewatched multiple times.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 17 January 2024 01:33 (five months ago) link
I might have heard some funny story in Texas that gave me an excuse to take it down a peg.
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 17 January 2024 01:34 (five months ago) link
But maybe I need to rewatch
I really need to see it again. I saw it in the cinema and loved it. I seem to remember it has a very satisfying ending
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 17 January 2024 11:49 (five months ago) link
I rewatched it shortly before the Criterion disc was announced. It's superb.
― Chris L, Wednesday, 17 January 2024 13:19 (five months ago) link
I think it's currently showing on Tubi.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Wednesday, 17 January 2024 15:37 (five months ago) link
I watched Passion Fish for the third time in November. Everything works. His best imo.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 January 2024 15:39 (five months ago) link