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In this detailed portrait Rayner has constructed a comprehensive analysis that places Michael Mann's work alongside the important auteurs of the classical period. He makes a convincing case that Mann represents not so much a break with genre bending masters such as Hawks and Ford but a continuity. This is an important addition to the scholarship on Mann and to the work on contemporary American film and television studies. -- Dr. Michael Hammond, Senior Lecturer, Film Studies, University of Southampton This volume doesn't simply narrate the story of Mann's films, it provides us with a thoroughly grounded exploration, an informed and passionate study that is as revealing as it is engaging. This is a very impressive critical examination. -- Graeme Harper, Oakland University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Mann's Style: The Jericho Mile, LA Takedown, Miami Vice 2. Pursuing the Professional: Thief, Heat, Collateral 3. Endangering the Domestic: Manhunter, The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider 4. Adventures in Genre: The Keep, Ali, Public Enemies 5. Conclusion Filmography Bibliography Index

About the Author

Jonathan Rayner is Reader in Film Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK. His publications include The Films of Peter Weir (1998), Contemporary Australian Cinema (2000), The Naval War Film (2007), and Cinema and Landscape (coedited with Graeme Harper, 2010).

Reviews

...thoughtful, well-written, timely, and immaculately researched... Choice