***Sayles is known for his thought-provoking, independent films, ***
You mean like THE HOWLING, and BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET?
Sayles is the Woody Guthrie of films:
Eight Men Out: Rich Charlie Comisky treats players badly FORCING THEM TO THROW THE SERIES!
Matewan: Rich mine owners treat miners badly FORCING THEM TO FIGHT.
Lonestar: Powerful sheriff treats Hispanics badly FORCING MATTHEW McCONNAWHATEVER to kill KRIS KRISTOFFERSON.
Brother from another planet: who cares? It was so boring.
Sunshine State: Powerful real estate developers treat locals (minorities) badly FORCING THE LOCALS TO FIGHT!
City of Hope: Powerful real estate developers treat locals (minorities) badly FORCING THE LOCALS TO FIGHT! Gee, didn't I just say that?
The Return of the Seacaucus Seven: Powerful people in general treat students badly ... Actually, his best flick and it spawned "The Big Chill" which had almost the same plot.
Get the point? Powerful business people (always Republicans) treat workers/locals/students (always Democrats) so badly that they lash out! C'mon John. This the same plot over and over again.
How about a comedy? Union workers, sick of their powerful business people bosses, buy the company and run it themselves! Watch with hilarity as they try to raise money for a union operation ("You don't expect to make a profit?" and then proceed to drive the corporation into Chapter 11 with their neverending greed ("Double my pay and cut my hours in half! We ARE the company!" Naw, the truth hurts and we get stuck with the ... powerful bosses and poor, mistreated workers movies FOREVER!