I keep some Cornell on the iPod in case I ever come across a coyote crossing the street
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 00:11 (nine years ago) link
whenever i'm driving my gunmetal blue four door charger, deep in a brood sesh after offing some mid-level heroin dealers who were pushing into my territory, i always get my lisa gerrard on
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 00:39 (nine years ago) link
Who wouldn't?
I'm still annoyed that this didn't happen: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/may/27/michael-mann-go-like-hell - if anyone could surpass the look and feel of McQueen's Le Mans...
Go Like Hell is now apparently a Tom Cruise movie and the Oblivion guy is directing.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 00:46 (nine years ago) link
Trailer is terrible but I'll still watch this.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 01:11 (nine years ago) link
Late career Mann masterpiece:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6joglwxWuo
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 02:33 (nine years ago) link
Hell, just because:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JJip8Wk0Ag
The pilot is the only ep he directed, right?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 02:37 (nine years ago) link
According to IMDB, the pilot was directed by Thomas Carter. Mann established the style, and executive produced all 111 episodes, though according to this avclub profile, he was really out of there after two years.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 10:32 (nine years ago) link
Long, long interview transcript:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/legendary-newsman-mike-wallace-detested-734792
― the man with the black wigs (Eazy), Thursday, 6 November 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
Vadim Rizov commenting on the Stuart Murdoch musical on Letterboxd:
"I like this way too much for stupid personal factors — all the band chat was straight high school fare, I like the songs, everyone looks 'alluring' to say the least — but every day I have to wake up and read about how Michael Mann is a flawless Jesus, so I'm not feeling too apologetic..."
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 6 November 2014 20:02 (nine years ago) link
the world's tiniest synth is pulsing out a brooding score for vadim rizov and his tragic groundhog day-like dilemma
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 6 November 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
i'd take that over watching a "Miami Vice" ep or a spiffier "ooh look at the deep blacks" digital version of same.
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 6 November 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
maybe vadim should have thought twice before scrawling 'michael mann is a flawless jesus' on his bedroom ceiling
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 7 November 2014 09:55 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtJoN68ZCf8
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Sunday, 14 December 2014 08:01 (nine years ago) link
Looks weirdly generic and the snippets of dialog sounds like boilerplate, but I have faith in Michael Mann.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 14 December 2014 18:31 (nine years ago) link
A boiler-plate Michael Mann technothriller sounds pretty good actually.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 00:07 (nine years ago) link
I think that looks incredible, I'm getting a kind of miami vice 2006 vibe from some of it.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 00:25 (nine years ago) link
90% Miami Vice, 10% https://blogatkiwi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/eng_the_net.jpg?w=300&h=279
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 02:05 (nine years ago) link
http://hd-report.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/blackhat-chris-hemsworth-still1-600x255.jpghttp://public.media.smithsonianmag.com/legacy_blog/1995-pizza-dot-net-sm.jpg
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 02:20 (nine years ago) link
Is that Jose Yero as Thor's FBI handler? I'M IN.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 04:30 (nine years ago) link
Yep!
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 04:45 (nine years ago) link
idk this looks pretty dumm
― goole, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:31 (nine years ago) link
this hemsworth dude with his generic good looks is the main turnoff for me. seriously, the hacker has to look like an abercrombie model?
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:33 (nine years ago) link
most of us do *runs hand through hair*
― valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:35 (nine years ago) link
with these mann flicks you've got to just embrace and accept the ridiculousness bc the good shit lies beyond it.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:50 (nine years ago) link
Brogrammer.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xpfJEBU9BA
― $80 is absurd and very ridiculous! (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
Interviews, etc.:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/30/blackhat-featurette_n_6395866.html
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Friday, 2 January 2015 05:57 (nine years ago) link
same as ^^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bVH0bWdP3I
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Friday, 2 January 2015 18:52 (nine years ago) link
"Don't Call Him A Stylist...This Mustard-Yellow Wall Just Happened to Be There"
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-sneaks-michael-mann-20150111-story.html
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Monday, 12 January 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
Well, saw a screening of this tonight and, as usual, left humming the scenery and feeling like I'd vicariously just done and felt some very important things.
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 04:08 (nine years ago) link
Solid flick.
― Eric H., Wednesday, 14 January 2015 04:12 (nine years ago) link
Another interview:
Do you have any Starsky & Hutch memories?I remember writing that there was a robbery, and a car jumped the curb and went through the window of a car dealership. And then they shot it. I said, "Wow, this is crazy. I write this stuff, and they go and do it." So then, of course, the ambition increased.
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 21:16 (nine years ago) link
blackhat looks pretty bad, doesn't it? i might see it anyway.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 16 January 2015 00:57 (nine years ago) link
quite amused that michael mann is being interviewed by "men's journal"
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 16 January 2015 00:58 (nine years ago) link
lede: "Michael Mann is a man."
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 16 January 2015 00:59 (nine years ago) link
his fanboys almost give dePalma's a run for their money
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 January 2015 19:08 (nine years ago) link
http://i59.tinypic.com/f4r87l.png
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Friday, 16 January 2015 19:26 (nine years ago) link
i thought "public enemies" was pretty indefensible, but some mann-stans still repped for it. i don't have much hope for this one. the reviews from those not in the "converted" camp are pretty dire.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 16 January 2015 19:44 (nine years ago) link
also what's with mann's cult seeming to grow and grow even when he stops making good movies? something similar happened to paul verhoeven.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 16 January 2015 19:45 (nine years ago) link
actually i don't know if it's growing or just increasing in amplitude.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 16 January 2015 19:46 (nine years ago) link
Well, if you are new to Mann, there is no decline, just a pile of cool films to watch in any order. But are any Mann newbies dipping into Mohicans or Ali or Insider, or just sticking with the crime thrillers?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 January 2015 19:51 (nine years ago) link
i thought public enemies was pretty excellent and i really liked the final scene, the one between cotillard and lang.
big miami vice and collateral fan here too. i don't think he's really fallen off that much. i do think he's kind of zeroed in more on his own particular obsessions and moved away from making films as coherent as the insider and heat, but i think for mann that kinda works well.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Friday, 16 January 2015 19:56 (nine years ago) link
I love Miami Vice and Collateral. Public Enemy was the first of his that did little for me (aside from its innate Mann-ness). But love him or not, from Ali on, he's been pretty divisive.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 January 2015 20:00 (nine years ago) link
I can buy the Verhoeven comparison. There seem definite divisions between early period defenders vs. late period.
― Vulvacura (Eric H.), Friday, 16 January 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
I'm not even sure many American (at least) Verhoeven folks are into his early (European) period. In his case we're talking middle period Verhoeven. Of course, there has been very little late period Verhoeven. Black Book and Hollow Man is about it for the past 20 years, and the latter is a POS with no fans.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 January 2015 20:11 (nine years ago) link
Hollow Man is awesome
― valleys of your mind (mh), Friday, 16 January 2015 20:11 (nine years ago) link
:)
Black Book felt like it was going to be the start of a new phase.
― Vulvacura (Eric H.), Friday, 16 January 2015 20:22 (nine years ago) link
Mark Harris called Blackhat Mann's Marnie, so maybe the Verhoeven early-middle-late thing applies here. Not many love a whole lot of Hitchcock's British movies outside of the obvious highlights (e.g. Sabotage, 39 Steps, Man Who Knew Too Much).
― Vulvacura (Eric H.), Friday, 16 January 2015 20:23 (nine years ago) link
Black Book has bits as inspired as anything V's ever done.
I liked Miami Vice better a second time but all his movies have indigestible hooey in them.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 January 2015 20:37 (nine years ago) link