Michael Mann cinema and television : interviews, 1980-2012

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Michael Mann cinema and television : interviews, 1980-2012

edited by Steven Sanders and R. Barton Palmer

Edinburgh University Press, 2014

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A reader containing selected interviews with Mann and key critical essays on his work. From philosopher/cinephiles Steven Sanders and R. Barton Palmer, Michael Mann/Cinema and Television: Interviews, 1980-2012 comprises 16 incisive interviews by an international roster of scholars, critics, commentators, journalists, and film insiders. Spanning the entire career of the award-winning screenwriter-director-producer, these interviews elicit some of his most revealing comments on his themes, methods, and style. He offers an assessment of his work in film and television and describes some of the things of which he is most proud. Throughout, topics and themes such as location shooting, working with stars, and developing technologies in cinema are introduced, elucidated, and applied to his work. Some of the interviews discuss Mann's existentialist ideas. In others he discusses his critique of the corporatization of crime and the evolution of a wholly new model of criminal trafficking on a global scale. And in others he shares his enjoyment in filming in the megalopolises of L.A. and Miami. It includes a substantive introduction, chronology, and filmography, making it invaluable for scholars and accessible for undergraduate students. It is the definitive account of Mann's reflections on his contributions to cinema and television. Open up Mann's body of work, making it available for comparison with the work of his contemporaries.

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Steven Sanders, Michael Mann in His Interviews
  • 01. Julian Fox, Four Minute Mile
  • 02. Harlan Kennedy, Castle Keep
  • 03. Art Harris, Of Vice and Mann
  • Illustration 03.01: Miami Vice. Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas
  • Illustration 03.02: "I'm on an investigation here!" "Heart of Darkness," Ed O'Neill
  • Illustration 03.03: "I'll be watching." Lend Me an Ear," John Glover
  • 04. Alain Charlot and Marc Toullec, Manhunter: An Interview with Michael Mann
  • Illustration 04.01: Manhunter, Will Graham (William Patersen) calls Hannibal Leckter
  • Illustration 04.01: Manhunter, Francis Dollarhyde (Tom Noonan)
  • 05. Graham Fuller, Michael Mann: Hollywood Writer-Director-Producer
  • 06. Jonathan Romney, Mann and His Movies
  • Illustration 06.01: Thief, James Caan, Tom Signorelli
  • 07. Michael Sragow, All the Corporations' Men
  • Illustration 07.01: The Insider, AI Pacino, Christopher Plummer
  • 08. Stuart Husband, Smoking Gun
  • Illustration 08.01: The Insider, Russell Crowe
  • 09. Xan Brooks, "Ali Likes the Film a Lot, He's Seen it Six Times"
  • 10. Mark Olsen, Paint it Black
  • Illustration 10.01: Collateral, Tom Cruise
  • Illustration 10.02: Collateral, disco shoot-out, Tom Cruise
  • 11. Michael Sragow, Mann Among Men
  • Illustration 11.01: Thief, James Caan, Tuesday Weld
  • Illustration 11.02: Heat, armed robbery
  • 12. Leif Kramp, L.A. Belongs to the Coyotes
  • Illustration 12.01: Heat, Police Lt. Vincent Hanna (AI Pacino) and crew (Wes Studi, Mykelti Williamson, Ted Levine)
  • Illustration 12.02: Collateral, L.A. freeway
  • 13. John Maguire, Michael Mann Interview
  • Illustration 13.01: Miami Vice (1984), Don Johnson
  • 14. Scott Foundas, A Mann's Man's World
  • Illustration 14.01: Heat, the coffee shop, Neil MaCauley (Robert DeNiro)
  • Illustration 14.02: Heat, the coffee shop, Vincent Hanna (AI Pacino)
  • 15. John Patterson, Number One with a Bullet
  • Illustration 15.01: Public Enemies, "Brought to justice in chains," Johnny Depp
  • Illustration 15.02: Public Enemies, "He may be sitting amongst you," Johnny Depp
  • 16. F.X. Feeney, The Study of Mann
  • Illustration 16.01: Heat, Neil McCauley (Robert DeNiro), conversation with Eady (Amy Brenneman)
  • Illustration 16.02: The Last of the Mohicans, Daniel Day-Lewis, Russell Means
  • Illustration 16.03: Miami Vice (2006), Colin Farrell
  • Chronology
  • Filmography.

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