Steven Rybin

Michael Mann (eBook, ePUB)

Crime Auteur

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Michael Mann first made his mark as a writer for such television programs as Starsky and Hutch, Police Story, and Vegas. In 1981 he made his feature film directing debut with the James Caan thriller Thief, and in the 1980s he served as a writer and executive producer for the groundbreaking programs Miami Vice and Crime Story. Though he has delved into other genres, Mann's career as a writer, producer, and director has consistently focused on criminal activity, from small-time hoods and professional thieves to corporate manipulators and serial killers. In Michael Mann: Crime Auteur, Steven Rybin looks at the television programs and films that Mann has stamped with his personal signature. This book closely examines the themes and techniques used in films such as Manhunter, Heat, The Insider, and Collateral and connects these elements to his work on the non-genre films The Last of the Mohicans and Ali. A revised and significantly expanded edition of The Cinema of Michael Mann (2007), this book includes new chapters on Public Enemies and the big screen version of Miami Vice, as well as Mann's work on the shows Crime Story and Luck. Covering Mann's entire career, this book will be of interest to fans of the writer/director's body of work as well as to scholars of both film and television.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780810890848
• Artikelnr.: 38090368

Autorenporträt

Steven Rybin is assistant professor of film at Georgia Gwinnett College and author of The Cinema of Michael Mann (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: Beginnings in Television and The Jericho Mile (1979)
Chapter Two: Thief (1981)
Chapter Three: The Keep (1983)
Chapter Four: Miami Vice (The Television Series) (1984-1990)
Chapter Five: Manhunter (1986)
Chapter Six: Crime Story (1986-1988)
Chapter Seven: The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Chapter Eight: Heat (1995)
Chapter Nine: The Insider (1999)
Chapter Ten: Ali (2001)
Chapter Eleven: Collateral (2004)
Chapter Twelve: Miami Vice (2006)
Chapter Thirteen: Public Enemies (2009)
Conclusion: Luck (2011-2012) and Beyond
Michael Mann Filmography
Notes
Bibliography