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Existentialism and Social Engagement in the Films of Michael Mann
Vincent M. Gaine
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Description for Existentialism and Social Engagement in the Films of Michael Mann
Hardcover. Michael Mann's films receive a detailed analysis as existential dramas, including Heat, Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans and Public Enemies. The book demonstrates that Mann's films perform critical engagement with existentialism, illustrating the problems and opportunities of living according to this philosophy. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Michael Mann's films receive a detailed analysis as existential dramas, including Heat, Collateral , The Last of the Mohicans and Public Enemies. The book demonstrates that Mann's films perform critical engagement with existentialism, illustrating the problems and opportunities of living according to this philosophy.
Michael Mann's films receive a detailed analysis as existential dramas, including Heat, Collateral , The Last of the Mohicans and Public Enemies. The book demonstrates that Mann's films perform critical engagement with existentialism, illustrating the problems and opportunities of living according to this philosophy.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
251
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230301054
SKU
V9780230301054
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99-15
About Vincent M. Gaine
VINCENT M. GAINE is an Independent Scholar working in the area of Film, Television and Media Studies. He has published articles on digital film, superheroes in the new millennium, post 9/11 film and docu-drama, and continues to research philosophical filmmakers in contemporary Hollywood.
Reviews for Existentialism and Social Engagement in the Films of Michael Mann
'Vincent Gaine's book is an object lesson in using philosophy to study cinema, persuasively arguing through close reading that the apparently disparate output of director Michael Mann is really a coherent body of film held together by existentialist themes.' - Jerry Goodenough, University of East Anglia, UK 'Gaine builds a sturdy academic thesis and occasional nuggets-on the ... Read more