https://youtu.be/R2kTBE-vBW0 - 'Join us as Filmmaker and Author John Sayles discusses his new novel Crucible with Professor Jerry Carlson.
This event will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on the 7th Floor.

John Sayles’ Crucible (Melville House; January 2026) is a complex and vast historical novel about Henry Ford — the Elon Musk of his day, in more ways than one — and his attempt to rule not only an automotive empire but the rambunctious city of Detroit. It is an epic tale ranging from the 1920s through the second World War, featuring violent labor disputes, misbegotten jungle expeditions, a tragic race riot, and the gestapo tactics of Ford’s private army.

[...] Professor Jerry W Carlson teaches film history and comparative literature at The City College and Graduate Center CUNY. Recipient of multiple Emmy Awards, he curates and hosts the series City Cinematheque on CUNY TV.

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(Interview) John Sayles independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor: The Brother from Another Planet, Matewan, Eight Men Out, Passion Fish, The Secret of Roan Inish, Lone Star, Men with Guns, Sunshine State, Silver City and Amigo.
He has written eight novels, the most recent being Yellow Earth, To Save the Man, Crucible and the forthcoming Gods of Gotham.https://greenandredpodcast.org/2026/02/09/legendary-film-director-john-sayles-on-labor-the-border-and-empire-in-novels-and-film/

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If you could require the president to read one book, what would it be? / “Finnegans Wake,” by James Joyce, but he has to read it out loud standing in front of an audience in one go. No bathroom breaks.

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> JOHN SAYLES: “Roger [Corman] hired more female directors than anybody else. It wasn’t because he was a dyed-in-the-wool feminist. It was just if they had talent and they were cheap, let’s try ’em!”

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Lone Star still amazing on a third rewatch.

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After #Matewan I decided to keep track with #JohnSayles.

I remember that the box art for #LoneStar when it came out on #VHS made me avoid the movie. It look like any other movie about #Texas cops. But is not. It is both a great film and a commentary on the #USA which might be more relevant now than it was back then.

#ChrisCooper is great in the lead but the whole cast is superb.

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