Synopses & Reviews
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.
Synopsis
This reader is the first to bring together a selection of Mann's own interviews where he reflects on his work with critical essays on his films and television programmes.
Synopsis
A reader containing 16 selected interviews with Mann
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
About the Author
Steven Sanders is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Bridgewater State University.
R. Barton Palmer is the Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University, where he directs the film studies program.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Michael Mann in His Interviews, Steven Sanders
1. Four Minute Mile, Julian Fox
2. Castle Keep, Harlan Kennedy
3. Of Vice and Mann, Art Harris
4. Manhunter: An Interview with Michael Mann, Alain Charlot and Marc Toullec
5. Michael Mann: Hollywood Writer-Director-Producer, Graham Fuller
6. Mann and His Movies, Jonathan Romney
7. All the Corporations' Men, Michael Sragow
8. Smoking Gun, Stuart Husband
9. "Ali Likes the Film a Lot, He's Seen it Six Times", Xan Brooks
10. Paint it Black, Mark Olsen
11. Mann Among Men, Michael Sragow
12. L.A. Belongs to the Coyotes, Leif Kramp
13. Michael Mann Interview, John Maguire
14. A Mann's Man's World, Scott Foundas
15. Number One with a Bullet, John Patterson
16. The Study of Mann, F.X. Feeney
Chronology
Filmography