Talk:John Sayles

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The write up has a surprisingly good discussion of Sayle's work as a screenwriter, his background with Corman, and his continued work as a writer and script doctor for films we normally wouldn't think to associate him with. What it leaves out is any discussion of his primary career as a director. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.232.29.106 (talk) 16:28, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

That POV bit I just removed about genre films was one that I added way back in the mists of UseModWiki history. I remember adding that, thinking it was important; but this time I'm reading it, wondering why I should assume anyone would agree with that assessment. LOL. Koyaanis Qatsi 17:53 19 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Isn't "Straight Talk" with Dolly Parton also a JS film?

• It's not listed among his credits on imdb.RoyBatty42 17:29, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

I removed a listing for [[Jurassic Park IV]] from the list of "John Sayles'" films, as it is only a writing credit. Sayles is well known to do a fair amount of script doctoring or straight up script assignment work simply for the payday. These are not "his" films, but jobs he takes to pay the bills and/or help finance his own work. As is noted in the article RoyBatty42 17:29, 2 November 2006 (UTC)