Sayles talk : new perspectives on independent filmmaker John Sayles / edited by Diane Carson and Heidi Kenaga.
| Other author | Carson, Diane. |
| Other author | Kenaga, Heidi, 1960- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Detroit : Wayne State University Press, ©2006. |
| Description | viii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| General note | 1. Sayles between the systems : bucking "industry policy" and indie apolitical chic / Cynthia Baron -- 2. Breakups and reunions : late realism in early Sayles / Alex Woloch -- 3. The false salvation of the here and now : aliens, images, and the commodification of desire in The brother from another planet / Mark Bould -- 4. The theo-political landscape of Matewan / Martin F. Norden -- 5. Passersby and Politics : City of Hope and the Multiple protagonist film / Greg M. Smith -- 6. Of spectral mothers and lost children : war, folklore, and psychoanalysis in The secret of Roan Inish / Maureen Turim and Mika Turim-Nygren -- 7. Oedipus edits (Lone star) / Susan Felleman -- 8. Men in context : gender in Matewan and Men with guns / Klaus Rieser -- 9. Tourism and territory : constructing the nation in Men with guns (Hombres armados) / Hamilton Carroll -- 10. Psychic borders and legacies left hanging in Lone star and Men with guns / Rebecca M. Gordon -- 11. The space of ambiguity : representations of nature in Limbo / Laura Barrett. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2005014983 |
| ISBN | 0814331556 (pbk. : alk. paper) |