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A friend emailed me this over the weekend and I thought of you after I read it, since I know you love Michael Mann's work. This is one of the best analysis I've read on the internet detailing his work.
A 4 article rundown of Michael Mann's work.
https://flickeringscreen.net/2009/08/10/michael-mann-week/
Here, he goes through all of his films and the central themes of his doppleganger characters, masculinity, and isolation. The other articles get into small details like the women in his films, the guns (and a great shoutout to the 'Bren Ten' model that was featured in MV), and a very good article breaking down the themes in Collateral and why that film is a msterpiece.
https://flickeringscreen.net/2009/08/11/1420/
Glad he gave props to Manhunter, that's the forgotten gem of Mann's filmography. i re-watched it over the summer after going through a Miami Vice binge. It's incredibly stylistic, and it puts the remake 'Red Dragon' to complete shame...I liked Thief too, he is right that it could almost pass like a gritty episode of Vice back in it's run.
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The author of those reviews on Mann deserves credit for highlighting Mann's superb music selections to make the soundtrack & movie tension very visceral & real.
"One of these mornings"/Miami Vice...
"Bye Bye Blackbird"/Public Enemies...on bankrobber John Dillinger [filmed at numerous banks across the state of WI BTW]
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