The A To Z Of Michael Mann Public Enemies sees the return of Michael Mann with a typically stylish and finely-detailed gangster epic . To mark its release we've embarked an alphabetic jaunt through the tropes and traits that make him one of cinema's true auteurs. Welcome to Mikepedia.
Meticulous, obsessional, a perfectionist... whatever adjectives you use about Mann, 11 films in 30 years is testament to a director who takes his time to get things right. His reluctance to use soundstages - Heat was shot on a record-breaking 95 LA locations – shows a perfectionist's approach to realism. Key in all this, he says, is creative control: "I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard Hawks did so well in." Mann's control spans every aspect of filmmaking, from script and storyboarding to the sound mix and score. If John Dillinger’s meticulous approach struck a chord, so too did the outlaw's simple drive for Mann’s is equally focused. "Film is something I'm compelled to do," he says with a simplicity belying the most intensive of jobs.
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RE: Tut, tut and thrice tut
Posted on Monday July 6, 2009, 10:25 by eanraig_macpatrick
Feck me! You've done it again! It's there in the 'D' section as well! Sort it out, lads! *shakes head sadly* Read More
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RE: Tut, tut and thrice tut
Posted on Monday July 6, 2009, 10:21 by eanraig_macpatrick
Oops! It was in section 'A', not number 10 (wtf??!!)
Perhaps I'll see ]you later, instead *blushes* Read More
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RE: Indigo
Posted on Friday July 3, 2009, 21:10 by odddaze
Not a big fan of the Mann, whilst Heat, Collateral, The Insider & Manhunter are all great, Ali, Miami Vice (whichis a terrible, terrible movie) and Public Enemies really aren't all that, they are slow, dull and unfufilling. All well made, but just not all that great. Read More
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RE: Indigo
Posted on Friday July 3, 2009, 12:33 by uheiberg
it is, they messed up, as they do from time to time. but that is s pretty big mistake to make if you ask me Read More
