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The Cinema of Michael Mann: Vice and Vindication
Contributor(s): Rayner, Jonathan (Author)
ISBN: 0231167296     ISBN-13: 9780231167291
Publisher: Wallflower Press
OUR PRICE:   $25.74  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism
- Performing Arts | Film - Direction & Production
- Performing Arts | Film - Guides & Reviews
Dewey: 791.430
LCCN: 2014381645
Series: Directors' Cuts
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 240 pages
 
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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.