John Sayles

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

one of the most deliciously hateable villains in Sayles' oeuvre

a bit heavy on the Snidely Whiplash

impossible!

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

Sayles talks at length about what he would watch on TV in 1960 on the "TV Guidance Counselor" podcast (ep 490). Recommended.

Interesting.

a bit heavy on the Snidely Whiplash

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

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 (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

i just did this too. my kids actually stayed awake for it too. shocking!

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

loved shannon's deal way back when, wonder if it would hold up

he wrote a novel last year that i bought and haven't read because i'm a criminal

https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1380-yellow-earth

thanks hs, i was rescreening city of hope the other day (haven't finished yet but seems like a sprawly mess in this viewing) and i was mentioning to my wife how i always felt Sayles was a writer-first and filmmaker as a cool side deal. tbf Morbs called me out about that upthread and i was being too glib but i'm not entirely wrong either

No, you’re not. I kind of like City of Hope despite all that, taking all that into account.

Passion Fish is his best, sorry.

Available on Amazon Prime.

Lone Star is getting a Criterion Blu-Ray release

New interview with Sayles about Lone Star:

Legendary writer/director John Sayles talks to Walter Chaw about his great 1996 film, “Lone Star,” on the eve of its release via The @Criterion Collection. https://t.co/Ps2k8VQoao

— Chaz (@ChazEbert) January 16, 2024

Is Lone Star great?

Guess it won the POLL so…

Baby, It’s You got zero votes so I must have sat this one out.

I saw Lone Star in theaters and yeah, it's great.

Lone Star is up there among the movies I've rewatched multiple times.

I might have heard some funny story in Texas that gave me an excuse to take it down a peg.

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

I rewatched it shortly before the Criterion disc was announced. It's superb.

I think it's currently showing on Tubi.

I watched Passion Fish for the third time in November. Everything works. His best imo.