Existentialism and Social Engagement in the Films of Michael Mann [electronic resource] /
Gaine, Vincent M.author.
Michael Mann's films receive a detailed analysis as existential dramas, including  Heat, Collateral , The Last of the Mohicans and Public Enemies. The book demonstrates that Mann's films perform critical engagement with existentialism, illustrating the problems and opportunities of living according to this philosophy.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes filmography.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Mann and movies. Michael Mann: Hollywood auteur?  -- Film and philosophy --   Crime and solitude. Being the Thief (1981) --  Psychological resolution in Manhunter (1986) --   Isolation and desolation in Heat (1995) -- Indifference and compassion in Collateral (2004) --     Pretence and romance in Miami vice (2006) -- History and social conscience. Origins of evil in The keep (1983) --  Utopia lost in The last of the Mohicans (1992) -- Hazardous authenticity in The insider (1999) -- Being the people's champion in Ali (2001) -- Conclusion: ethics, engagement and enemies.
Michael Mann's films receive a detailed analysis as existential dramas, including  Heat, Collateral , The Last of the Mohicans and Public Enemies. The book demonstrates that Mann's films perform critical engagement with existentialism, illustrating the problems and opportunities of living according to this philosophy.
Mann, Michael (Michael Kenneth)
Motion pictures—United States.
Motion pictures and television.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Motion pictures—History.
Philosophy.
Motion pictures—Production and direction.
American Cinema and TV.
Screen Studies.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Film History.
Popular Science in Philosophy.
Directing.