Michael Mann's Time 

Having watched all his feature films I've gotta say I find myself less and less convinced that Mann *isn't* the best American filmmaker

I absolutely loved Manhunter! One of my first psychological thrillers I had seen as a young teenager in the 80s. I literally watched it so many times I knew all the lines. From the music, to the cinema-tics… I thought it was really well done and still holds up today.

Michael Mann's film is about the obsession of professionalism.

7:10 First of all it is Thomas Harris, not Richard. Secondly, Manhunter is not the first film adaption of one of his works, that would be Black Sunday. Though Manhunter is the first of the Hannibal Lecter films. Also Neil in Heat does not break his own rule leading to his demise. In fact the whole point is him staying true to his code and rules that results in his demise. The heat was around the corner and he walks away from Eady in less than 30 seconds. His demise comes because his code dictates that he has to kill Waingro. This was stated as soon as Waingro gets away at the diner. If Neil had broken his code, he would have kept his attachment to Eady and just left with her, while forgetting about Waingro. This is the point of the end of the film, in that what separates a cop with no code and a criminal with a code is the dumb luck of a shadow falling in the right (or wrong, depending on your point of view) direction.

Smart, insightful, creative- this is an excellent dive into a film genius. Thanks for sharing. All the best

This was very well done. There seem to be so many video essays that talk about the same things over and over, so when I see something like what you've done here, it reminds me that there are others who are interested in the same things I am. I'm a great fan of both Nolan and Mann, but the only connection most people seem to examine about them lies in The Dark Knight (Which is really obvious and over discussed). I love that you compared and contrasted the ways in which they both deal with time. I can see where Nolan was influenced by Mann on this level and I think that's missed by most people. All around good work. 👍

This is an incredible video. I'll have to watch it several times to absorb every brilliantly connected piece of information. Thank you!

When one crosses 40, time suddenly becomes an inescapable reality and dreams must be accomplished at all cost.

A good thing i may add to your explanation is Michael's very first movie Jericho mile... This movie is about being in prison and this played a major role of maturing Michael's opinion about time because it was central in that movie , but even that movie is so deep that makes you know that he was thinking about the idea of "time passing" for a loooong time.

mann is one of the greats. your video presents a wonderful collection of beautiful shots. thank you for compiling them

The scene in Thief isn’t an all night diner, it’s the oasis rest stop on the way to ohare. There were several oasis stops on the Interstates that surround Chicago, that’s why you see the highway and traffic traveling underneath them in the scene as the oasis stops bridged the width of Illinois tollways with steel and glass pavilions. The last decade a couple have been decommissioned but 4 or 5 are still in operation.

You missed Collateral. Vincent's "suddenly you are old" speech

This video is insane like Mann's movies are

Great essay on Michael Mann and time. A real genius.

Hemsworth’s character out of Blackhat is molded from Jericho Mile experience Mann had. It’s a discipline and attitude of a career criminal. It’s about maintaining control over your life while you’re incarcerated. Mann was exposed to that world during filming of Jericho Mile and later when doing his research on Thief/Heat.

first time viewer. After a few minutes in, an instant fan. Your choice of visuals and dialogues are masterful. The Oscars should have a category for videos like this. thank you

This is a first rate video essay. Great insight, confident delivery and... Perfectly timed.

It's also worth noting the line from Heat's famous diner scene, when Hanna asks what McAuley's dream about drowning means: "Not enough time"

Great essay. Thanks for making it and sharing it.

HEAT is the best crime/Bank heist movie I've ever seen, to this day. It's absolute poetry.

Awesome video. Thank you, Sir!

amazing, thank you for this!

This is a great analysis of MM

I had a good time watching this most excellent analysis.

Underappreciated essay. Thank you!

Fantastic essay. Subbed, excited for more.

Time. The essence of existence. Answer the equation of rate into distance.

Great video! Happy it showed up in my recommendations.

Great video, excellent.

Wow this is so good ngl Time is everything...

THANK YOU

Brilliant. Very well done!!

Great essay, i feel same to you.

No mention of Last of the Mohicans? Regarding time, LotM has almost every dialogue scene beginning mid conversation, so there are no awkward “oh hi Mark”s. I find this gives the effect that we are just seeing a small glimpse of a much longer conversation. And that is kind of the essence of story telling through film, telling a tale that takes place over a few days by showing only 2 hours of that time. Your brain fills in the rest, just like Eisenstein’s montage theory .

Excellent video!

great work

Excellent.

"Time is luck." It's a line of dialogue in at least two of Mann's movies - 'Manhunter' (1986) and 'Miami Vice' (2006). And if it's not being used as dialogue, it's definitely the underlying theme in most of his films. Every day we have on this planet is just a matter of luck. Every morning we wake up means that we said the right things, did the right things, and made the right decisions the day before and therefore the Powers that be still have a purpose for us. When that purpose is fulfilled, or it seems like we will not achieve it, that's when the said Powers that be throw us a curve ball and put us into a situation where we will not say or do the right things, and not make the right decisions. And that's when our time here is up. That's when our luck has officially run out.

Mann is the greatest!!!

In my opinion Heat is the greatest film ever made. And I don't say that lightly.

Excellent commentary.

Nice work.

He is also a great author I'm reading heat 2 and it's wonderful

Hi Mr Mann you’re cool

A 'Richard Harris' novel? Thomas Harris.

Can you make a video on john frankenheimer, he’s one of my favorites

Reading Heat 2

And that's why you just can't wait to get to work after watching a mann movie...

Mann also has a unique relationship with color... not to the lengths of Danny Boyle. But it's still very obvious.

Too much verbal garbage, Mann is simple and realistic.

Colon lol and his gal co star chick …both were the worst actors /acting in history or about maybe 267 years . 😂 farm stone wall rocks act better than her…ps colon ! NEVER ever actually made a quality flick / character ….just saying . M. Mann is a God 😊