masterful blend of song and cinematography

Rating: 10/10 (26 September 2001)

Many complain about the length of this movie, but for me there has never been a better blend of character development, song, and cinematography. It's Eye and Ear Candy start to finish. Moby (before he was as popular as he is now) makes a great soundtrack for this movie (along with other artists). In particular, the scene where Al Pacino chases down Robert De Niro from a helicopter for their historic movie moment while the song "New Dawn Fades" plays, and the finale where Pacino hunts down De Niro at LAX to the tune "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" combined with the genius of Dante Spinotti's cinematography are two of my favorite movie scenes ever. Mann's script and direction + Moby's music + Spinotti's "eye" = Cinema of the highest kind.