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This reader is the first to bring together a selection of Mann's own interviews where he reflects on his film and television productions. The sixteen interviews provide historical context, interpretation and evaluation of the auteur's work. They encompass his entire career as a feature filmmaker and television producer/director as he and others reflect on his themes, working methods, artistic development and career achievements. The book aims to open up Mann's body of work, making it available for comparison with the work of his contemporaries, and to provide fresh insights into his film and television work. A substantive introductory essay, chronology and filmography provide additional bases for understanding the interviews, essays and work of this major filmmaker.Key Features* The first reader on Michael Mann *Includes three interviews originally published in French periodicals and translated for this volume *Open up Mann's body of work, making it available for comparison with the work of his contemporaries

Title Michael Mann : cinema and television : interviews, 1980-2012 / edited by Steven Sanders and R. Barton Palmer. [electronic resource]
Publisher Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
Creation Date 2014
Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Nov 2016).
Issued also in print.
Includesfilmographies and index.
English
Content Introduction: Michael Mann in his interviews / Steven Sanders -- Four minute mile / Julian Fox -- Castle keep / Harlan Kennedy -- Of Vice and Mann / Art Harris -- "Manhunter" An interview with Michael Mann / Alain Charlot and Marc Toullec -- Michael Mann: Hollywood writer-director-producer / Graham Fuller -- Mann and his movies / Jonathan Romney -- All the corporations' men / Michael Sragow -- Smoking gun / Stuart Husband -- "Ali likes the film a lot. He's seen it six times" / Xan Brooks -- Paint in black / Mark Olsen -- Mann among men / Michael Sragow -- L.A. belongs to the coyotes / Leif Kramp -- Michael Mann interview / John Maguire -- A Mann's man's world / Scott Foundas -- Number one with a bullet / John Patterson -- The study of Mann / F.X. Feeney.
Extent 1 online resource (ix, 146 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language English
National Library system number 997010711994605171
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