In conversation with John Sayles

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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In a special episode of the Film Stories podcast, Simon is joined by a legend of American independent cinema, John Sayles. In a far-reaching conversation, they talk about John's new novel - Jamie MacGillivray: The Renegade's Journey - as well as the movie origins of the project. Plus they go back over Sayles' career, the way he managed to get his films made, ownership and copyright, battles with a movie studio and a whole lot more. Plus: a few thoughts on where cinema stands now, and a screening too of Avatar: The Way Of Water... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.9	tis and sees apply hello this is simon brew i'm the editor of film stories magazine and a very
0:35.5	warm welcome to a very special episode of the film stories podcast
0:39.6	come with me and i show you how deep the rabbit hole goes in movies movies that had stories
0:48.1	that the story just sucks a man this is just the beginning We would be honored if you would join us.
1:00.2	Hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with Simon Brew.
1:04.7	I am Simon Brew. As always, that's absolutely everything you need to know about me.
1:08.8	The aim of the podcast though, well, it's given away by the
1:11.3	title. I'm here to talk off the stories of films and I tend to talk about development stories,
1:15.3	production stories, marketing stories, release stories, all those ingredients that go towards making
1:20.0	the films that we know and sometimes love, just that the films that we know and sometimes love.
1:25.2	The films I tend to cover on this podcast, they lean more towards
1:27.9	the mainstream than anything else. They're films I'm interested in or invested in to some degree.
1:32.4	I try not to do snark. I try not to punch down. This podcast is a celebration of cinema and an
1:37.0	appreciation that films are really hard to make and just gratitude that somehow they get made.
1:42.9	Now what you've happened upon here is one of my
1:44.9	occasional special episodes of the podcast where I bring in a filmmaking guest, in this case,
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