Michael Mann is a prolific director whose style informs his narratives as much as characters or environment. And in my story about his work at least one scholar describes him as being the equal of Martin Scorsese. Certainly the two artists share a fascination with the lives of men often lived outside the mainstream. Mann is currently filming "Public Enemies" with Johnny Depp as John Dillinger, in Wisconsin, thanks to tax credits that went into effect Jan. 1. Take a look here for my story on what that legislation means for the state's filmmaking infrastructure. And peruse these trailers from Mann's past films below, for a glimpse of what "Public Enemies," due for release July 1, 2009, could look like. "Thief" (1981), with James Caan "Manhunter," the first Hannibal Lecter film with a very young William J. Petersen "The Keep," a supernature thriller with Nazis "Last of the Mohicans," with Daniel Day-Lewis "Miami Vice," remake of the TV show Mann created, with Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell "Ali" with Will Smith "The Insider," about a tobacco industry whistle-blower, with Al Pacino and Russell Crowe "Collateral," gritty thriller with Tom Cruise as a hit man and Jamie Foxx as a cabbie ...
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Michael Mann is a prolific director whose style informs his narratives as much as characters or environment. And in my story about his work at least one scholar describes him as being the equal of Martin Scorsese. Certainly the two artists share a fascination with the lives of men often lived outside the mainstream. Mann is currently filming "Public Enemies" with Johnny Depp as John Dillinger, in Wisconsin, thanks to tax credits that went into effect Jan. 1. Take a look here for my story on what that legislation means for the state's filmmaking infrastructure. And peruse these trailers from Mann's past films below, for a glimpse of what "Public Enemies," due for release July 1, 2009, could look like. "Thief" (1981), with James Caan "Manhunter," the first Hannibal Lecter film with a very young William J. Petersen "The Keep," a supernature thriller with Nazis "Last of the Mohicans," with Daniel Day-Lewis "Miami Vice," remake of the TV show Mann created, with Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell "Ali" with Will Smith "The Insider," about a tobacco industry whistle-blower, with Al Pacino and Russell Crowe "Collateral," gritty thriller with Tom Cruise as a hit man and Jamie Foxx as a cabbie ...