Michael Mann
Michael Mann
Michael Kenneth Mannis an American film director, screenwriter, and producer...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth5 February 1943
CityChicago, IL
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We're number-crunching to see what we can do within our mandate.
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We take safety very, very seriously on every film I make, and that's why I've never had a serious accident or anybody killed when I make a picture.
To just tell a story from beginning, middle and end doesn't motivate me that much.
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We will of course do all we can to respect our international obligations.
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We will now consult with them (Latin Americans) in a positive spirit. We have to have our system up and running on January 1, so we want to move things forward as fast as we can.
Very little of it is untrue, ... But it's all dramatized.
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We've been negotiating this thing for 20 years so it was about time that we had an agreement. We're going to clink glasses on this.
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Blu-ray and the technologies emerging around it are the premiere format for reproducing what we do as filmmakers. There's more space on the disc, more bit rate.
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'Police Story' had some of the best writing on television, and one reason for that is because most of the scripts were based on real cases.
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Music is always key to me, whether it's 'Miami Vice' or not 'Miami Vice.' It's dictated by the story, about what Crockett and Tubbs and Isabella and Trudy are doing.
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I see the world from the perspective of a 5'8" person, not someone who is 6'4". so naturally, I'm going to choose certain lens heights over and again... Sometimes nature makes choices for you.
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Personally, I find looking at all of the supporting materials and bring it all back to me - the people I worked with, the experience of working on a project - makes it come alive again. So, I try to put those experiences into my commentary for the viewers.
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Dillinger at one point was the second most popular man in America after President Roosevelt. And he was a national hero for a good reason. He was robbing the very institutions, the banks, which had afflicted the people for four years, and after four years nothing was getting any better.
Digital makes things feel more real, like you could reach out and touch them.