{"product_id":"time-is-luck-the-cinema-of-michael-mann-9781845832070","title":"Time is Luck: The Cinema of Michael Mann","description":"\u003ci\u003eTime is Luck: The Cinema of Michael Mann\u003c\/i\u003e approaches director Michael Mann's work through the lens of transformations in labour practices, technologies of seeing, and strategies of dissent over the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Applying extensive textual analysis to each of Mann's features, this study explores how these transformations are reflected in the filmmaker's output, formally and thematically. As much as Mann expresses anguish at the pervasive nature of technologically advanced systems which exist to exploit the common man, curtail civil liberties, and prop up corrupt regimes, there always remains space for protest and resistance in his cinema. This aspect of Mann's art is essential to keep in mind and is too often ignored: the filmmaker being accused of nihilism or anti-humanism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book covers all of Mann's major films, with extensive critical commentaries, while comparing and contrasting the styles, the characters and the themes. An essential read for all fans of Mann's work, and those interested in the textual and visual history of the very best that cinema can offer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes analyis of: \u003ci\u003eThe Jericho Mile \u003c\/i\u003e(1979); \u003ci\u003eThief\u003c\/i\u003e (1981); \u003ci\u003eThe Keep \u003c\/i\u003e(1983); \u003ci\u003eManhunter \u003c\/i\u003e(1986); \u003ci\u003eThe Last of the Mohicans \u003c\/i\u003e(1992); \u003ci\u003eHeat \u003c\/i\u003e(1995); \u003ci\u003eThe Insider \u003c\/i\u003e(1999); \u003ci\u003eAli \u003c\/i\u003e(2001); \u003ci\u003eCollateral \u003c\/i\u003e(2004); \u003ci\u003eMiami Vice \u003c\/i\u003e(2006); \u003ci\u003ePublic Enemies \u003c\/i\u003e(2009)\u003ci\u003e; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlackhat \u003c\/i\u003e(2015).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15542681\"\u003eJames Slaymaker\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Telos Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781845832070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1845832078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER018000\"\u003eIndividual Director\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Telos Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44570446364909,"sku":"9781845832070","price":22.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_e3f5785d-d22d-429c-99cb-43e27c770c1c.jpg?v=1701935261","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/time-is-luck-the-cinema-of-michael-mann-9781845832070","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}