Few filmmakers inhabit the sensibilities of independent film like John Sayles.
The legendary writer/director behind “Matewan” and “Eight Men Out” is having perhaps his greatest accomplishment, 1996’s neo-western masterpiece “Lone Star,” re-released via the Criterion Collection in a striking deluxe package. The movie, an intergenerational mystery that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, has largely been forgotten in the years since its release, which is why Criterion’s resurrection seems so important.
The supplemental material is just as fascinating, including a new conversation with Sayles and director Gregory Nava and an interview with director of photography Stuart Dryburgh, who dryly recounts that he wasn’t Sayles’ first choice.