ok, i noticed these director TALK threads i make get very little replies, are most ML forums members just casual movie viewers and don't actually care about these aspects of movie making and only care about pop corn flicks? ...anyway, its just my rant coz the USELESS threads in ML completely out number the movie related threads ....


Date of birth (location)
5 February 1943
Chicago, Illinois, USA
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Mann,%20Michael

Trade mark
Often uses art deco buildings for his shoots.

Uses dramatically colored lighting.

Ambient music often underscores his films.

Often portrays criminals as likeable and sympathetic. See Thief (1981) and Heat (1995).

Has often worked with the following actors and crew: Dennis Farina, Wes Studi, Tom Noonan, film editor Dov Hoenig, and cinematographer Dante Spinotti.

Often portrays the leader of a group of criminals as a hard-edged loner.

Often has a scene overlooking a broad horizon of some sort. Neil and Eady staring at the bright L.A. landscape in Heat (1995) is an example of this.

Speakerphone quote : "Who am I talking to?" Question asked by various characters in his movies when on speakerphone.

Director Trade : Most of his movies contain a group of people using a speaker phone. The person on the other end always asks, "Who am I talking to?" and one of the others will rattle off a list of names. See Heat (1995) and Manhunter (1986).

Backgrounds and scenery often include and focus on water. (oceans, rivers, rain)

.45 caliber 1911 model pistols appear in almost all of his movies: Thief (1981), Miami Vice (1984), L.A. Takedown (1989), Heat (1995), Insider, The (1999), and so on.
So who is Michael Mann to you?
Do you like his movies?
What is your favorite movie that he directed?

Director of 13 movies
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Mann,%20Michael
i like
Insider, The (1999)
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0140352