ABOUT THE BOOK:

Filmmaker legend John Sayles has been called the “conscience of the independent film world” in the United States, and the “screenwriter’s screenwriter.” Silver City and Other Screenplays is a collection of his greatest work, including Sunshine State, the Oscar-nominated Passion Fish and his film written for the U.S. election year in 2004, Silver City.

Set in Colorado, the core of America’s “New West,” during the state’s gubernatorial race, Silver City is a spirited lampoon and a timely, toxic warning about the present state of American democracy. The grammatically challenged, born-again candidate for governor is the scion of a formidable right-wing political dynasty. He is fumbling his way toward elected office when an unexplained corpse emerges to threaten his campaign, the family empire and the special interest groups who pull his strings.



ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

John Sayles is the screenwriter and director of Matewan; Lone Star; The Secret of Roan Inish; Eight Men Out; Return of the Secaucus Seven; Baby, It’s You; The Brother from Another Planet; Silver City; Sunshine State; and Passion Fish, among other films. Sayles has twice been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and has also written the short story collections Dillinger in Hollywood and The Anarchists’ Convention, and several novels, including Los Gusanos, Pride of the Bimbos, and Union Dues, which was nominated for a National Book Award as well as the National Book Critics Circle Award.



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