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  "textContent": "The thing about filmmaker John Sayles is that he has done everything. Do you love Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial or Tobe Hooper’s Poltergeist? Sayles’ unmade screenplay Night Skies is a piece of the source code for both classics. How about The Big Chill? Sayles’ lovely Return of the Secaucus 7 (which he wrote and […]\n\nThe post “The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective first appeared on The Film Stage.",
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