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Category: Michael Mann

Posted on November 3, 2016

THE KEEP (Dir. Michael Mann, 1983, US) – Atmospheric Exegesis

Given Mann’s consolidation as perhaps American cinema’s greatest film auteur does a film like The Keep hold any bearing on his reputation today? What can the film tell us about…

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Posted on August 5, 2016September 3, 2018

THE JERICHO MILE (Dir. Michael Mann, 1979, US) – Out of Time

Mann’s exceptional staging of action sequences often amount to an orgasmic visual and sensory poetry. Mann’s action is not dirty but graceful. It has a kind of scholarly attention to…

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Posted on March 1, 2015March 1, 2015

BLACKHAT (Dir. Michael Mann, 2015, US) – Moments, Impressions and Aesthetics

Defining moments in films can go unnoticed since the visual expressionism of most filmmakers is relatively provincial, acquiescing to broader commercial empathies. It is not right to reduce or distil…

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Posted on February 15, 2015

VIDEO ESSAY on Michael Mann’s MANHUNTER (1986)

This new video essay on Manhunter (1986) is a continuing exploration of the films of Michael Mann and follows on from last year’s look at Thief (1981).

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