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The Philosophy of Michael Mann /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Palmer, R. Barton, 1946- (Editor), Skoble, Aeon J. (Editor), Sanders, Steven, 1945- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to the philosophy of Michael Mann / Steven Sanders
  • Michael Mann and nonplace: a Nietzschean element in Mann's modern crime films / Robert Arnett
  • "Awakened to chaos": outsiders in The jericho mile and Thief / R. Barton Palmer
  • Existential Mann / Steven Sanders
  • "Do you see?": Reflecting on evil in Manhunter / Aeon J. Skoble
  • Mann and Übermensch: evil and power in Manhunter / David Sterritt
  • "Blood in the moonlight": toward an aesthetics of horror in The keep and Manhunter / Ivo Ritzer
  • Style, meaning, and myth in Public enemies / Steven Rybin
  • Interiorization in public enemies / Murray Pomerance
  • Mannerism: neoclassical style in the films of Michael Mann / Tom Paulus and Vito Adriaensens
  • The ethics of contracts, conscience, and courage in The insider / David LaRocca
  • The commodification of justice: Michael Mann and postmodern law / Mark Wildermuth
  • Subjectivity and the ethics of duty in Michael Mann's cinema / Aga Skrodzka
  • Natural man, natural rights, and eros: conflicting visions of nature, society, and love in The last of the Mohicans / Alan Woolfolk
  • Emotion, truth, and space in Heat / Jonah Corne
  • Mann's biopics and the methodology of philosophy: Ali and The insider / David Rodríguez-Ruiz.