Michael Mann (Taschen Film)
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Editor: Paul DuncanEditor: F X Feeney
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-05
ISBN: 3822831417
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Taschen
Book Reviews of Michael Mann (Taschen Film)
Book Review: A LITTLE SYCOPHANTIC
Summary: 3 Stars
Mann is a genuinely gifted director, and certainly a polarising one, those who think he's a genius and those who think he's an overrated pretentious artisan. That aside this book asserts he hasn't really made a terrible film which is ludicrous. 'Miami Vice' was one of last years absolute worst films, his 'Ali' bio was an amazing bore considering the subject matter. His last hit was the Tom Cruise starrer 'Collateral' which was seen as a moderate success considering it's star.
Mann has delivered some stunning cinema, it's his combinations of sound and vision that show a true original at work: 'Heat' is one of the best films of the 90's and his adaptation of Thomas Harris' Red Dragon' re-titled 'Manhunter' is vastly influential 80's thriller, far more viscerally in tune with the novel than the more faithful (and prosaic) Brett Ratner movie. 'Last of the Mohicans' is a rousing epic among others. Then there's his curio and perrenial "When will it be on DVD?" cult fave 'The Keep'- eye popping visuals, eerie soundtrack and plot incoherence, he managed to turn F.Paul Wilson's classic gothic horror adventure into a jumbled surreal mess.
This book is typical Taschen quality, with excellent photo's-pity it's so one eyed and toadying to it's subject.
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