Dick Pilger, the scion of a dynasty of political conservatives, is running for
governor of the state of Colorado, but his election campaign is threatened by
the appearance of a mysterious cadaver. Danny O'Brien, a former journalist, has
been hired to investigate connections between Pilger's detractors and the
murder, and thus finds himself involved in a complicated web of power, illegal
profits and corruption.
"I strated thinking about the story after the Bush and Gore election. We were
down in Florida shooting Sunshine State and so many people told us the story
wasn't about chads it was about how many African-American people didn't get
vote. […] You can't take for granted what's put in front of you. There's always
been corruption and corporate interests, but the mainstream press has never been
lazier or more compromised than it is now. They're businesses that have to swim
in those same corporate waters and they want to be popular. The information is
out there, but you have to do the work. For the most part the press won't draw
those lines connecting the contraddictions and obfuscations. It's up
to the reader to connect the dots." (J. Sayles)
Biography
film director
John Sayles
John Sayles (Schenectady, NY, 1950) studied at Williams College in Massachusetts and traveled throughout the United States, writing in his free time. He joined Roger Corman's New World Pictures in the 1970's, where he wrote screenplays for films like Piranha and The Howling (Joe Dante, 1978 and 1981). Right from his debut film as a director, Return of the Secaucus Seven, Sayles' directing tended toward a type of cinema characterized by a harmonious blend of many elements and a rigorous style, produced with his own capitals in order to maintain total control over his productions. An independent cinematographer, he however works in the Hollywood system as a script consultant.
FILMOGRAFIA
Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980), Lianna (Lianna - Un amore diverso, 1982), Baby It's You (Promesse promesse, 1983), The Brother from Another Planet (Fratello da un altro pianeta, 1984), Matewan (id., 1986), Eight Men Out (Otto uomini fuori, 1987), City of Hope (La città della speranza, 1990), Passion Fish (Amori e amicizie, 1992), The Secret of Roan Inish (Il segreto dell'isola di Roan, 1993), Lone Star (Lone Star - Stella solitaria, 1996), Men with Guns (Angeli armati, 1997), Limbo (id., 1999), Sunshine State (La costa del sole, 2002), Casa de los babys (2003), Silver City (id., 2004).