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July 20, 2005
Scottish play: John Sayles in Edinburgh
A few choice quotes from John Sayles in the Scotsman as Silver City opens there: "Despite the fact that Bush won a second term, the director reckons it was important that his film, as well as documentaries such as Fahrenheit 9/11, played in US cinemas last year. "I think there are definitely people who voted because they saw Fahrenheit 9/11. I also think that culture is a conversation and whenever that conversation gets too one-sided it's important to put in some voices from the other side. At the time we made Silver City it was almost considered treasonous to ask a question." ... It's tempting to view Sayles as someone who has been... marginalised for his political beliefs... "Because I'm self-employed I don't risk being fired," he says. "The usual reason that you don't get money to make a film is that your last one didn't make any. It actually doesn't have that much to do with politics." ... Gathering dust on his shelf is a script about the Philippines insurrection of 1901, which he describes as America's first Vietnam. "They're both movies that, because of their scale, would cost a lot more than our usual $5 million..." Couldn't he just sell the scripts to Hollywood? "Believe me, nobody wants to make those scripts in Hollywood."
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