The Films of Michael Mann: From the Prison Wall to the Firewall by Deryck Swan, Deryck Swan

The Films of Michael Mann: From the Prison Wall to the Firewall
Deryck Swan, Deryck Swan
Page: 224
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ISBN: 9781911325185
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
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Is Michael Mann an auteur? Mann is a formidable filmmaking personality, no doubt, but the notion that today's celebrity cult of director immediately correlates with the mysterious sect of 'auteur' is questionable and deserves to be investigated. In doing so this book strives to emulate the methodology of the man himself, by ranging over not only the films he has made, from 1979's The Jericho Mile to 2015's Blackhat, but also the scope of intellectual interests that they exemplify in an attempt to mine the commonalities, themes and traits that may suggest the presence of an auteur. Through his investigation of Mann's filmography and the personality that flows through it, author Deryck Swan provides the reader with accessible and new ways of thinking about his films to date, including, amongst myriad other things, references to painter Morris Louis, desert modernism, West Coast prison culture, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Strain Theory, journalist Mike Royko, Chicago's
 Auditorium building and a largely forgotten Charles Bronson film.

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