Carson: Sayles Talk
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Introduction [partial]

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Index

Sayles Talk: New Perspectives on Independent Filmmaker John Sayles

Edited by Diane Carson and Heidi Kenaga

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Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Heidi Kenaga
  • 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
  • Annotated Resources
  • List of Contributors
  • Index