Filmmaker Michael Mann joins Letterboxd in conversation about his favorite films, on the occasion of the launch of the Michael Mann Archives — Directing Ferrari.
Links:
- Michael Mann's Letterboxd
- Films talked about in this conversation
- Michael Mann’s list of his 14 favorite films
- Michael Mann Archives — Directing Ferrari
- Mia Lee Vicino’s Letterboxd
- Video version of this conversation on our YouTube channel
Credits:
- The conversation was recorded by Eileen Ruiz and edited by Shannon Keirce.
- Theme music: “Vampiros Danceoteque” by Moniker.
- Producers: Brian Formo and Gemma Gracewood.
- The Letterboxd Show is a TAPEDECK production.
Chapters:
- (00:01:15) Ferrari and the Michael Mann Archives — Directing Ferrari
- (00:09:37) Turbo
- (00:10:58) Battleship Potemkin, Heat, and Last of the Mohicans
- (00:14:31) Apocalypse Now
- (00:16:14) The Conformist
- (00:17:01) From Here to Eternity and The Jericho Mile
- (00:18:32) The Hurt Locker
- (00:19:57) Dr. Strangelove and Heat
- (00:21:35) The Loved One
- (00:22:13) Poor Things
- (00:23:39) L’Atalante
- (00:24:36) The Sweet Smell of Success and The Insider
- (00:26:37) I Am Cuba and Ali
- (00:30:22) Raging Bull
- (00:31:18) Miami Vice, Heat, and the theatrical experience
- (00:33:00) Biutiful
- (00:34:04) Incendies
- (00:34:29) Pan’s Labyrinth
- (00:35:02) The Passion of Joan of Arc and The Insider
- (00:36:54) The Asphalt Jungle
- (00:38:54) Out of the Past
- (00:40:53) Memories of Murder, Manhunter, and serial killers
- (00:45:45) Pale Flower and Bicycle Thieves
- (00:46:57) Manhattan Melodrama and Public Enemies
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