I think Thief would score well in a re-poll. I think the Blu-Ray release brought it some new fans.
BTW, The Keep is on Criterion Channel this month.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 07:16 (one year ago) link
Watched Miami Vice for the first time last night. Enjoyed the hell out of it. The whole thing was like an empty labyrinth (with lightning as the only guide), and that brilliant cold open a signal that Mann isn't going to value exposition. I liked Farrell - he functions like an avatar of the film's essential emptiness (the ending with Trudy notwithstanding). Also, good use of Mogwai!
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Saturday, 8 October 2022 09:04 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN0uQLPAtm0
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 27 March 2023 14:57 (one year ago) link
finished it last night. great book. does of course read like a screenplay. one completely uninteresting subplot, but otherwise fantastic. seems unfilmably long.― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 06:32 (seven months ago) bookmarkflaglink
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 06:32 (seven months ago) bookmarkflaglink
I wondered what subplot you found uninteresting? I'm about 30 pages from the end and I've got no interest in the Chris & Ana story, also I don't believe it. It can't be that easy to do what they're doing, surely?
I'm really liking the rest of it though, Hanna vs Wardell is great and so was the flashback storyline.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 22:50 (one year ago) link
yeah i think it was that one! i've actually been thinking about rereading it. the the big climax on the 105? or was it 610? freeway is incredible.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 23:14 (one year ago) link
The set pieces are amazing, so well done. The first home invasion was brilliant.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 23:33 (one year ago) link
Did this get mentioned? https://ew.com/movies/michael-mann-really-is-making-heat-2-movie/
― Shartreuse (Leee), Wednesday, 12 April 2023 00:44 (one year ago) link
The whole section at the Mexican motel, and the Mexico/border section in general, really worked for me.
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Wednesday, 12 April 2023 03:40 (one year ago) link
Yeah that was all great
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 03:54 (one year ago) link
Sirens, flashing lights:
Arrow's upcoming release of #Blackhat on 4K is now confirmed to include Michael Mann's director's cut.Pre-order ahead of Sept. 4 release: https://t.co/siWWu73zxj pic.twitter.com/h4Wf67pYmc— The Film Stage 📽 (@TheFilmStage) May 11, 2023
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 11 May 2023 17:42 (one year ago) link
Just ordered mine!
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 10 August 2023 20:04 (nine months ago) link
Amazon told me the delivery date is estimated in November now
― mh, Thursday, 10 August 2023 21:41 (nine months ago) link
Thought the bump would be for a Ferrari trailer. Maybe after the Venice Film Festival...
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Friday, 11 August 2023 00:05 (nine months ago) link
https://variety.com/2023/film/features/michael-mann-ferrari-interview-venice-festival-heat-2-1235701561/?fbclid=IwAR2aqT9FI7MbUgkhXKLMx1hRUUt-2gfaoPTqPtL98ZtyqKRGQPMIRMxgMDU
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 24 August 2023 09:20 (eight months ago) link
New Variety feature/interview
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 24 August 2023 09:21 (eight months ago) link
Canceled my pre-order of the Blackhat Blu-Ray until I'm absolutely sure it contains the director's cut. The current product description only says "the US and international versions of the film," and there's only one small cut that differentiates those two. Details here.
― read-only (unperson), Thursday, 24 August 2023 14:46 (eight months ago) link
He must have liked working with Driver, since he's rumored to play the young De Niro in Heat 2.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 24 August 2023 15:49 (eight months ago) link
Your link says explicitly that the BAM director's cut isn't on it
xpost
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 24 August 2023 15:54 (eight months ago) link
That was back in April, though; there's been some back-and-forth since then. First it was (they had found the digital elements), then it wasn't, the rollout's been delayed by several months...I'm pessimistic at this point but if it does turn out to be included (at one point a second disc was mentioned), I'll buy it in an instant.
― read-only (unperson), Thursday, 24 August 2023 15:57 (eight months ago) link
It took me *forever* to find a copy of the director's cut online. I've got it but still haven't watched it, this just isn't one of my favorites.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 August 2023 16:07 (eight months ago) link
!
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 24 August 2023 16:19 (eight months ago) link
You really need to watch it. The director's cut is honestly one of his best movies.
― read-only (unperson), Thursday, 24 August 2023 16:24 (eight months ago) link
Doesn't it mostly just move the chronology of a couple of major scenes around? Will it matter that I don't remember much about the theatrical cut, beyond the broad strokes? Like, I remember a lot, but it's not adding up to much in my brain.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 August 2023 17:57 (eight months ago) link
The reshuffling of scenes (and a few lines of dialogue) really turn it into a whole different movie, though, raising the stakes more gradually and in a much more organic fashion. Plus, the goddamn thing looks amazing. The digital cinematography is some of his best work, not bleary in the same way as Miami Vice or Collateral, but still weirdly dreamlike at times.
― read-only (unperson), Thursday, 24 August 2023 18:15 (eight months ago) link
I'll get on at ASAP. I haven't seen the whole thing since it was in theaters, when I didn't like it. A while back I tried to rewatch the theatrical cut and didn't make it very far.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 August 2023 18:19 (eight months ago) link
***BLACKHAT: RELEASE UPDATE*** pic.twitter.com/1h7GQ2qMy0— ArrowFilmsVideo (@ArrowFilmsVideo) August 30, 2023
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 14:14 (eight months ago) link
OK, time to re-pre-order...
― read-only (unperson), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:10 (eight months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZHxT2yb2cE
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:14 (eight months ago) link
Did they find the torrent of the director's cut or something?
― The Banshees of Ed Sheeran (Leee), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:14 (eight months ago) link
SUBTITLES BY §groznylad§
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:30 (eight months ago) link
Raymond that Oppenheimer trailer is the best one yet
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:32 (eight months ago) link
Apparently the 1955 LeMans disaster seen in this movie is extremely accurate to the actual event, in terms of grisliness at least. I think he talks a bit about that in the interview Raymond linked upthread.
― omar little, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:41 (eight months ago) link
Love Mann, dgaf about cars, let alone Ferraris. Be funny, though, if this movie had no dialogue, just three hours of revving.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 16:19 (eight months ago) link
🤣
Josh, that did occur to me when watching. Wouldn’t that be something?
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 16:36 (eight months ago) link
Or if it's just there as this perpetual white noise backdrop, with everyone trying to yell over it?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 16:50 (eight months ago) link
"Pass the coffee!!!!"
"What?!?!"
"I said, pass the coffee!!!!"
"This marriage is not working!!!!!"
"What?!"
"I said, this marriage is not working!!!!!"
"I can't understand a thing you are saying!!!!!! We can't even communicate anymore!!!!!
"What!?"
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 16:52 (eight months ago) link
Hahaha
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 17:01 (eight months ago) link
“When you’re overseeing those speed tests, don’t you use ear protection?”
“WHAT”
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 17:04 (eight months ago) link
"I had coffee with Lamborghini HALF AN HOUR AGO!"
"WHAT?"
― omar little, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 17:44 (eight months ago) link
WHAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThlhSnRk21E
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 21:06 (eight months ago) link
Is Driver going to dust off his House of Gucci accent for this?
― The Banshees of Ed Sheeran (Leee), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 23:01 (eight months ago) link
Reviews are encouraging:
https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/ferrari-review-adam-driver-penelope-cruz-michael-mann-venice-film-festival-1235708271/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/ferrari-review-adam-driver-penelope-cruz-michael-mann-1235578881/https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/ferrari-review-michael-mann-adam-driver-penelope-cruz-1234901107/
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 31 August 2023 22:38 (eight months ago) link
"Vroooooooooooom"- a car
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 August 2023 22:54 (eight months ago) link
Public Enemies popped up on Netflix so I tried re-watching it tonight and...nope. Filming a movie set in the 1930s on shaky, hand-held digital cameras, with anachronistic soundtrack music, was a bad idea in the early 2000s and it remains a bad idea now. Just piss-poor execution of a barely interesting idea (did the world need another movie about John Dillinger, especially one starring Johnny Depp?). Without having seen The Keep, I'm willing to call this Mann's worst movie.
― read-only (unperson), Saturday, 2 September 2023 04:16 (eight months ago) link
Warning everyone now - I grew up in a family that competed in amateur sports car rallys so I know the story and can, with certainty, affirm that this is 100% my jam.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 2 September 2023 04:49 (eight months ago) link
Watching “Manhunter” tonight, finally.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 22 September 2023 22:27 (seven months ago) link
rescreened that recently, it's a truly distilled version of the best aspects of Silence of the Lambs (though not quite as good in some ways.) It's genuinely creepy especially during the first half -- there's something about the policework in this film as they're trying to narrow things down which really worked for me a lot better this time, and something about the almost-corporate style of the feds as they work the case, fruitless meetings in office buildings, jetting all over the southeast, making tactical errors in public while the killer is operating in the shadows and they have zero leads, it's all really compelling stuff.
― omar little, Friday, 22 September 2023 23:11 (seven months ago) link
I love Manhunter. Red Dragon is actually not bad and closer to the book but Ralph Fiennes is completely wrong for the Tooth Fairy and I didn't buy Norton as Graham whereas Petersen looks like a shattered human being throughout.
Also Noonan as Tooth Fairy rules, even if his signature scene is a meme now
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Friday, 22 September 2023 23:21 (seven months ago) link
I saw both on dates with the same girl in my 20s (both were her idea!)
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Friday, 22 September 2023 23:22 (seven months ago) link
Noonan is chilling.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 22 September 2023 23:25 (seven months ago) link