About this episode
Dan Fisher interviews acclaimed filmmaker and author John Sayles about his career in film and literature.
Acclaimed filmmaker and author JOHN SAYLES joins Dan to talk about the movies he’s made (Dan’s worked on three of them: Passion Fish, City of Hope, and Matewan, which was his first-ever job in the film industry) as well as the price one pays to be “independent”, the movies John watched while he was growing up – and his “other” career as a novelist, with his latest, CRUCIBLE, out in bookstores right now. Dan and John had not seen each other in over 25 years, so this is no mere podcast “i...
People in this episode
Host: DAN FISHER
Guest: JOHN SAYLES
Topics covered
- filmmaking
- independent cinema
- novel writing
- personal stories
- film industry
Keywords
- John Sayles
- independent film
- novelist
- Passion Fish
- City of Hope
- Matewan
- CRUCIBLE
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Passion Fish, City of Hope, Matewan, CRUCIBLE
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