The Cinema of Michael Mann (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780739120439)

Few other contemporary Hollywood filmmakers fit the category of "genre stylist" as well as Michael Mann, the director of such films as Heat, The Insider, Ali, Collateral, Manhunter, Thief, and Miami Vice. Mann's film style marks him as a director who chooses the iconographic backdrop of a genre as a canvas upon which he and his collaborators can craft a unique cinematic vision. The Cinema of Michael Mann traces the innovative and under-explored stylistic contours of Mann's work, the director's inflection upon and innovation within preexisting genre frameworks, and the relationship of both style and genre to issues of authorship and film criticism. Steven Rybin's critical study of Mann's cinema, and the importance of the filmmaker's themes to our contemporary world, is valuable for both film scholars and cinephiles alike.

Author: Steven Rybin
ISBN-10: 0739120433
ISBN-13: 9780739120439
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2007
Pages: 242
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.37w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2007 pg. 264