The very first scene in John Sayles directorial debut, Return Of The Secaucus Seven, shows someone unblocking a toilet. Which isn’t a bad metaphor for his films – frank, realist, down-to-earth and not taking any shit. From the off Sayles had a beady eye for pretensions of any kind, especially for the contradictions and evasions of the American Dream.
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