Known for restoring vitality and superior craftsmanship to the crime thriller, American filmmaker Michael Mann has long been regarded as a talented triple threat capable of moving effortlessly between television and feature films as a writer, director, and executive producer. His unique visual sense and thematic approach are evident in the Emmy Award-winning
The Jericho Mile
(1979), the cult favorite
The Keep
(1983), the American epic
The Last of the Mohicans
(1992), and the Academy Award-nominated
The Inside
r (1999) as well as his most recent works—
Ali
(2001),
Miami Vice
(2006), and
Public Enemies
(2009).
The Philosophy of Michael Mann
provides an up-to-date and comprehensive account of the work of this highly accomplished filmmaker, exploring the director's recognizable visual style and the various on-screen and philosophical elements he has tested in his thirty-five-year career. The essays in this wide-ranging book will appeal to fans of the revolutionary filmmaker and to philosophical scholars interested in the themes and conflicts that drive his movies.