tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post311613778451073634..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: An Old-Fashioned Love-InUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-24234957689295358782011-04-28T14:03:24.456-05:002011-04-28T14:03:24.456-05:00Yes, Peter, I think it would be worth it to miss w...Yes, Peter, I think it would be worth it to miss work and hear Sayles. <br /><br />None of his novels or short stories could be called Detectives Beyond Borders but <i>Los Gusanos</i> has a Cuban connection and it's a really good book.John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-27098716859849236722011-04-28T12:54:31.863-05:002011-04-28T12:54:31.863-05:00Why do you think that Smith guy is a bit academic?...Why do you think that Smith guy is a bit academic? Just because he writes things like "<i>an auteur must necessarily rethink and reform basic narrative principles</i>" and "<i>To do so may also require reinventing </i><b>the visual strategies of storytelling</b><i>"</i>?<br /><br />You say that Return of the Secaucus Seven gave is The Wire? Sounds like The Big Chill paved the way for Sex and the City.<br /><br />John Sayles is coming to Philadelphia to read next week. Think I should call in sick from work?<br /> ======================<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-47736768273546433652011-04-27T15:54:08.323-05:002011-04-27T15:54:08.323-05:00I like his movies a lot. Lone Star, Passionfish, S...I like his movies a lot. Lone Star, Passionfish, Susnhine State, Matewan Se-7, Eight Men Out, City of Hope. He can sometimes be too didactic. But not often. We need ten more of him.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-64138487092170911932011-04-27T13:14:12.418-05:002011-04-27T13:14:12.418-05:00The first John Sayles' movie that I ever saw w...The first John Sayles' movie that I ever saw was Matewan. City of Hope is still the most perfect melding of story, structure and direction that I've ever seen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-21390992417764409122011-04-27T09:59:51.705-05:002011-04-27T09:59:51.705-05:00Someday I will watch this WIRE that all you people...Someday I will watch this WIRE that all you people talk about.Steve Weddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876211586767139613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-3785030491609341072011-04-27T09:44:12.783-05:002011-04-27T09:44:12.783-05:00Dana, that's a good point about the community ...Dana, that's a good point about the community working against you in <i>Eight Men Out</i> - live by the sword die by the sword, or by the community as it were ;).<br /><br />And with your coal mining roots you might want to add <i>Matewan</i> to the list, too.<br /><br />Tommy, I think <i>City of Hope</i> was the first in Sayle's loose "America series." A couple of the bios I've seen say things like, "Sayle's has visited all 50 states and all 10 Canadian provinces."<br /><br />And then he makes the foreign movies, <i>Men With Guns</i> and <i>Casa de los Babys</i>. His new movie, <i>Amigo</i> is about the American-Phillipines war a hundred years ago.John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-84440845640637619112011-04-27T08:57:19.182-05:002011-04-27T08:57:19.182-05:00Sayles is a great one. City of Hope is fantastic, ...Sayles is a great one. City of Hope is fantastic, I saw it back in '91 and it still influences me. The cops, the mechanics, the kids. Evil is rare, most people want to get by... evil happens sometimes when you get in their way.<br />He's a Jersey native, and City of Hope is one of the best movies about the endemic corruption of our state, especially in Jersey City and Newark.Thomas Pluckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17008022962076648740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-75556304166475874332011-04-27T08:02:23.131-05:002011-04-27T08:02:23.131-05:00The only Sayles film I've seen is EIGHT MEN OU...The only Sayles film I've seen is EIGHT MEN OUT, which I've watched several times. He shows the disadvantages of community there, as once the fix is in, most of the players consider backing out at same point, but the group holds them in. Also the saddest part of the story, Buck Weaver getting the same penalty as the rest for "guilty knowledge." He played his ass off and never took a dime, but wouldn't turn on his friends and went down with them.<br /><br />I'm add CITY OF HOPE to the NetFlix queue.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.com