{"product_id":"time-is-luck-the-cinema-of-michael-mann-paperback","title":"Time is Luck: The Cinema of Michael Mann - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Slaymaker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime is Luck: The Cinema of Michael Mann\u003c\/i\u003e approaches director Michael Mann's work through the lens of transformations in labour practices, technologies of seeing, and strategies of dissent over the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Applying extensive textual analysis to each of Mann's features, this study explores how these transformations are reflected in the filmmaker's output, formally and thematically. As much as Mann expresses anguish at the pervasive nature of technologically advanced systems which exist to exploit the common man, curtail civil liberties, and prop up corrupt regimes, there always remains space for protest and resistance in his cinema. This aspect of Mann's art is essential to keep in mind and is too often ignored: the filmmaker being accused of nihilism or anti-humanism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book covers all of Mann's major films, with extensive critical commentaries, while comparing and contrasting the styles, the characters and the themes. An essential read for all fans of Mann's work, and those interested in the textual and visual history of the very best that cinema can offer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes analyis of: \u003ci\u003eThe Jericho Mile \u003c\/i\u003e(1979); \u003ci\u003eThief\u003c\/i\u003e (1981); \u003ci\u003eThe Keep \u003c\/i\u003e(1983); \u003ci\u003eManhunter \u003c\/i\u003e(1986); \u003ci\u003eThe Last of the Mohicans \u003c\/i\u003e(1992); \u003ci\u003eHeat \u003c\/i\u003e(1995); \u003ci\u003eThe Insider \u003c\/i\u003e(1999); \u003ci\u003eAli \u003c\/i\u003e(2001); \u003ci\u003eCollateral \u003c\/i\u003e(2004); \u003ci\u003eMiami Vice \u003c\/i\u003e(2006); \u003ci\u003ePublic Enemies \u003c\/i\u003e(2009)\u003ci\u003e; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlackhat \u003c\/i\u003e(2015).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 09, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52710430146867,"sku":"9781845832070","price":31.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/MGNDcUlRUzV2WHJFbU9xL3hPcFZtUT09.webp?v=1763492465","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/time-is-luck-the-cinema-of-michael-mann-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}