hollywood-elsewhere.com - 6/29/2009
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Responding to my recent praise for Michael Mann's Public Enemies, legendary film critic F.X. Feeney shared some thoughts earlier this evening, focusing especially on Mann's history of writing strong and defiant female characters. "I'm so glad we agree about Public Enemies," he began. "I think ...
ew.com - 7/1/2009
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ew.com —
The massive financial rip-off masterminded by Bernard Madoff,
an extended crime spree that harmed thousands, is proof
enough that public enemies still walk among us. But Madoff the man is as dull a figure as his crimes are vivid. Not so John ...
Public Enemies | Movie Review | Entertainment Weekly
socialitelife.celebuzz.com - 6/30/2009
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socialitelife.celebuzz.com —
For the London premiere of her latest film,
Public Enemies, French actress Marion Cotillard opted for a
traffic-stopping red satin dress and a pair of retro-style black high heels. The Oscar winner posed alongside director Michael Mann at the Empire ...
'Public Enemies' Premiere In London Attracts 'New Moon' Star
weblogs.variety.com - 6/29/2009
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Universal is counting on one thing to open
Michael Mann's Public Enemies : Johnny Depp. According to
The Ulmer Scale , he's the second most popular movie star in the world, after Will Smith. That's based on his hugely successful roles as broadly ...
Public Enemies: Can Depp Save Mann's HD Biopic?
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In Contention —
... on the films of Michael Mann is must reading for fans of the director, has gone on the record with Jeffrey Wells as believing the female characters from Mann’s films to be “deeply observed, self-reliant and fully dimensional.” ...
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The Auteurs Notebook —
... Never Mind The Auteur Theory: Over at Hollywood Elsewhere, Jeffrey Wells expands his never-ending defense of Mann's Public Enemies by invoking his Gorilla/Chimp/Orangutan Theory of Filmmaking and Filmgoing. "Why is it so godawful terrible of me to call a spade a spade and state the obvious, which is that (in the social metaphor/dichotomy of Planet of the Apes) the more sensitive and highly attuned tastes of chimps and orangutans are a minority factor and that catering to the tastes of the gorilla class is necessary for those making and ...
TCM gets in the gangster mood
In Contention —
... Speaking of John Dillinger’s final hours, it’s worth pointing out that TCM will be showing a slew of classic gangster titles tonight, including the Clark Gable starrer “Manhattan Melodrama,” which was the last film Dillinger would ever see. Mann makes considerable thematic use of the film in “Public Enemies,” as noted by critic F.X. Feeney in an exchange with Jeffrey Wells two days ago: ...
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atomicpopcorn.net 7/1/2009 —
It’s no secret that I think Michael Mann is the greatest director of all-time, dead or otherwise. One can throw all the Scorsese, Kurosawa, Ford, or Spielberg they want and I’ll still conclude that Mann is better than all of them. His style is unparalleled and has influenced my ...
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guardian.co.uk 6/29/2009 — Introducing our special issue, John Patterson meets Public Enemies director Michael Mann and hears where John Dillinger's 'white-hot trajectory' fits into his macho career Michael Mann is talking about the last two hours of John Dillinger's life, as ...
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incontention.com 6/24/2009 — (Los Angeles Film Festival)
There is a moment very early in Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies,” featured today as the centerpiece exhibition of the Los Angeles Film Festival, when Depression-era criminal John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) ...
Knives Out for Michael Mann - Page 1
thedailybeast.com 7/2/2009 — Johnny Depp in Public Enemies Peter Mountain / Universal Studios Johnny Depp's new gangster movie Public Enemies may be stylish, but if it doesn't win at the box office, Hollywood will be gunning for its director, Michael Mann. Xtra Insight: Plus: ...
Dispatches from "Public Enemies," Part 3: The Mad Masters
theauteurs.com 7/1/2009 —
Above: Michael Mann (second from the right) and crew members working on Public Enemies. Photo by Rob Olewinski .
I spent a few days in the summer of 2008 on the set of Michael Mann's Public Enemies , which was shooting at the time in Chicago. ...
Knives Out for Michael Mann - Page 2
thedailybeast.com 7/1/2009 — At the time, Universal Co-Chairman Marc Shmuger stuck up for Mann. "I actually marvel at his ability to keep all of his creative options open, he said. He's fearless. He is willing to try everything. That's a process that does involve wear and tear on ...
Public Enemies catches the mood of the present as well as the past
guardian.co.uk 7/6/2009 — Michael Mann's celebration of amorality in the Great Depression chimes disquietingly with the spirit of our times The huge popularity of the American bank-robbers of the 1930s is usually put down to the frustrations of the Depression. The banks were ...
Michael Mann's Public Enemies Movie
teaser-trailer.com 7/6/2009 — Here below a few preview clips from Director Michael Mann's Public Enemies movie, the upcoming gangster movie that revolves around the cat-and-mouse game