Michael Mann is one of the most important American filmmakers of the past forty years. His films exhibit the existential concerns of art cinema, articulated through a conspicuous and recognizable visual style and yet integrated within classical Hollywood narrative and genre frameworks. Since his beginnings as a screenwriter in the 1970s, Mann has become a key figure within contemporary American popular culture as writer, director, and producer for film and television. This volume offers a detailed study of Mann's feature films, from The Jericho Mile (1979) to Public Enemies (2009), with consideration also being given to parallels in the production, style, and characterization in his television work. It explores Mann's relationship with classical genres, his thematic concentration on issues of morality and masculinity, his film adaptations from literature, and the development and significance of his trademark visual style within modern American cinema.
By:
Jonathan Rayner
Imprint: Wallflower Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 326g
ISBN: 9780231167291
ISBN 10: 0231167296
Series: Directors' Cuts
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 03 September 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Further / Higher Education
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Mann's Style: The Jericho Mile, LA Takedown, Miami Vice 2. Pursuing the Professional: Thief, Heat, Collateral 3. Endangering the Domestic: Manhunter, The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider 4. Adventures in Genre: The Keep, Ali, Public Enemies 5. Conclusion Filmography Bibliography Index
Jonathan Rayner is Reader in Film Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK. His publications include The Films of Peter Weir (1998), Contemporary Australian Cinema (2000), The Naval War Film (2007), and Cinema and Landscape (coedited with Graeme Harper, 2010).
Reviews for The Cinema of Michael Mann: Vice and Vindication
...thoughtful, well-written, timely, and immaculately researched... Choice 12/1/2013