Existentialism and social engagement in the films of Michael Mann

Palgrave Macmillan

2011

IX-251 p.

9780230301054

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

Английский