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Pour ce treizième volume de la Collection Réalisateurs qui inaugure un nouveau format à couverture rigide, TASCHEN part sur les traces du réalisateur de Collateral, Heat, Le Dernier des Mohicans ou bien encore Ali: Michael Mann. Technicien irréprochable et scénariste de talent, Michael Mann, né le 5 février 1943 à Chicago (Illinois), a réalisé huit films pour le cinéma depuis 1979 dans lesquels il aborde des sujets particulièrement noirs tels que le vol, la guerre ou le meurtre. La quête perpétuelle d’authenticité, présente dans toutes ses œuvres, lui vaut d’être qualifié, de façon un peu simpliste peut-être, de "réaliste". Son travail, malgré le suspens qui en émane, sa charge émotionnelle ou philosophique, reste avant tout une merveilleuse étude des comportements et des conflits humains. Cet ouvrage qui explore les multiples facettes de l’œuvre de Michael Mann depuis ses premiers documentaires jusqu’à son dernier film Miami Vice (2006) a été réalisé d’après les archives du réalisateur.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2005

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August 9, 2012
Since Michael Mann is my favorite director this was an amazing find. Located quite by surprise at a major chain store in Santa Monica I picked this up without reservation. The reader learns about Mann's early career and how it shapes his films, his interests, and motivations. The large color photographs are stills from his features, some stills from his research, behind the scenes phots, etc. An excellent insight to the director at work. Wish I could find all the obscure films he's done to watch.
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September 2, 2020
Taschen presents Michael Mann's thought process in such clarity that you'd think they were the same person. Regardless whether you are a cinema aficionado or an average watcher of cinema, the writing style in this review is congruent with how Mann's train of thought, expectations from his crew (including the actors) and tireless effort in reaching his vision is manifest. Using high quality pictures and quotes from Mann's peers, Taschen covers over 4 decades of Mann's portfolio within 230 or so pages. Superb and dazzling review.
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August 16, 2012
Great book, loads of insights on how this cinema master works - its dense though be prepared to re-read a page a number of times, and it has tremendous production detail. A great book.
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