MAY 2: Michael Mann - 7:00pm
Thief
(Michael Mann) 1981 USA 122 mins
Thief
(Michael Mann) 1981 USA 122 mins
A professional jewel-thief (James Caan), lured into a major diamond heist by the promise of a substantial payoff that would allow him to realise his civilian dreams, finds himself betrayed by his malicious benefactor. Mann's cinematic debut deploys strikingly expressive mise en scčne & sound elements to underscore the psychological torment of the lone, obsessive professional, foregrounding the thematic & stylistic tendencies found throughout his subsequent works. With Tuesday Weld, James Belushi & Willie Nelson. Imported 35mm print.
Articles from CTEQ Annotations on Film:
Relevant Articles from Senses of Cinema:
"Great Directors Critical Database: Michael Mann" - Anna Dzenis
MAY 2: Michael Mann - 9:15pm
Collateral
(Michael Mann) 2004 USA 120 mins MA
Collateral
(Michael Mann) 2004 USA 120 mins MA
A cold-blooded hitman (Tom Cruise) forces a cabbie (Jamie Foxx, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor) to help him carry out a round of executions. The sodium haze of Los Angeles at night, shot in rich digital by Australian Dion Beebe (who won a BAFTA for his work here), is the board on which a chess-like battle of wits plays out between captor and captive. "Collateral achieves a degree of organic, internal rigour worthy of the title masterpiece."
Articles from CTEQ Annotations on Film:
Relevant Articles from Senses of Cinema:
Before Sunrise, or Los Angeles Plays Itself in a Lonely Place - Michael J. Anderson