Direction and Editing -- The Lost Arts

Rating: 2/10 (16 August 2000)

Once again, Michael Mann illustrates clearly that has a film director, he sure knows how to do videos and car chases. Some great performances -- Crowe & Plummer are standouts -- are wasted in this holier-than-thou docudrama which uses distance as a deadly weapon against its own characters. Disappointing because there were some excellent moments here, but far too much detached misanthropy.