John Sayles Films
Pattern Statistics
3
Movies
7.0
Avg Arcplot
119
Avg Runtime
1988-1996
Year Range
7.3
Avg IMDb
91%
Avg RT
77
Avg Metacritic
$25M
Total Box Office
15.0
Avg Plot Points
John Sayles - Narrative Structure Analysis
John Sayles's filmography, spanning 8 years from 1988 to 1996, demonstrates proven facility with classical narrative structure. Throughout 3 films analyzed on Arcplot, the average structural score of 7.0 indicates careful attention to story structure.
In terms of narrative architecture, the director's most precise works include Eight Men Out (7.3), Lone Star (7.2), and The Secret of Roan Inish (6.5).
Genre Exploration
John Sayles's work regularly tackles Drama (3 films), History (1 film), Mystery (1 film), demonstrating focused thematic interests.
Maintaining an average runtime of 1 hour and 59 minutes, John Sayles shows compression skills.
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